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.
01Species
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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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