Timarcha

<i>Timarcha</i>

Timarcha

Genus of beetles

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.

Quick Facts Timarcha, Scientific classification ...
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. [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. [2]
    "Timarcha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. [3]
    "Browse Timarcha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. [4]
    "Timarcha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. [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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