Timarcha

Timarcha is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, with more than 100 described species in three subgenera. The most widely known species is T. tenebricosa, the bloody-nosed beetle. All species are black, wingless organisms. Timarcha are herbivorous species, living mostly on plants belonging to Rubiaceae and Plumbaginaceae, although a few can feed on Brassicaceae and Rosaceae. Timarcha is the only member of the tribe Timarchini.

Timarcha
Timarcha tenebricosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Chrysomelinae
Tribe: Timarchini
Motschulsky, 1860
Genus: Timarcha
Samouelle, 1819[1]
Type species
Chrysomela tenebricosa
Fabricius, 1775
Timarcha goettingensis

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Timarcha:

  • Timarcha affinis Laboissière, 1937 g
  • Timarcha cerdo Stål, 1863 i c g
  • Timarcha cornuta Bechyné, 1944 g
  • Timarcha cyanescens Fairmaire, 1862 g
  • Timarcha coarcticollis Fairmaire, 1873 g
  • Timarcha daillei Laboissière, 1939 g
  • Timarcha goettingensis (Linnaeus, 1758) g
  • Timarcha insparsa
  • Timarcha interstitialis Fairmaire, 1862 g
  • Timarcha intricata Haldeman, 1853 i c g b
  • Timarcha italica Herrich-Schäffer, 1838 g
  • Timarcha lugens
  • Timarcha marginicollis
  • Timarcha maritima Perris, 1855 g
  • Timarcha metallica (Laicharting, 1781) g
  • Timarcha monticola Dufour, 1851 g
  • Timarcha nicaeensis A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1835 g
  • Timarcha obsoleta Laboissière, 1937 g
  • Timarcha recticollis Fairmaire, 1862 g
  • Timarcha sardea (Villa, 1835) g
  • Timarcha sinuatocollis Fairmaire, 1862 g
  • Timarcha strangulata Fairmaire, 1862 g
  • Timarcha temperei Jeanne, 1965 g
  • Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775) g (Bloody-nosed beetle)

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[5]

References
  1. Vela, J.M.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.Á.; Daccordi, M. (2020). "The species of Timarcha Samouelle, 1819 described by Linnaeus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". ZooKeys (986): 55–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.986.57158. PMC 7661484. PMID 33223880.
  2. "Timarcha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Browse Timarcha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Timarcha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. "Timarcha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  • Data related to Timarcha at Wikispecies
  • List of 111 species
  • Gómez-Zurita J, Juan C, Petitpierre E (February 2000). "The evolutionary history of the genus Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) inferred from mitochondrial COII gene and partial 16S rDNA sequences". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 14 (2): 304–17. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0712. PMID 10679162.


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