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Timarcha
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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.

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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 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,cite-ref-itis-2-0[2] c = Catalogue of Life,cite-ref-catlife-3-0[3] g = GBIF,cite-ref-gbif-4-0[4] b = Bugguide.netcite-ref-bugref-5-0[5]

References

cite-note-11. citerefvelaalonso-zarazagadaccordi2020Vela, 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.
cite-note-itis-22. "Timarcha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
cite-note-catlife-33. "Browse Timarcha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
cite-note-gbif-44. "Timarcha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
cite-note-bugref-55. "Timarcha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

External links

• Data related to Timarcha at Wikispecies
• List of 111 species
• citerefg-mez-zuritajuanpetitpierre2000Gómez-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.