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.
Species
These 20 species belong to the genus Timarcha:
- Timarcha affinis <small>Laboissière, 1937</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha cerdo <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1863</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g</sup></span>
- Timarcha cornuta <small>Bechyné, 1944</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha cyanescens <small>Fairmaire, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha coarcticollis <small>Fairmaire, 1873</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha daillei <small>Laboissière, 1939</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha goettingensis <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha insparsa
- Timarcha interstitialis <small>Fairmaire, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha intricata <small>Haldeman, 1853</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> i c g b</sup></span>
- Timarcha italica <small>Herrich-Schäffer, 1838</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha lugens
- Timarcha marginicollis
- Timarcha maritima <small>Perris, 1855</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha metallica <small>(Laicharting, 1781)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha monticola <small>Dufour, 1851</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha nicaeensis <small>A.Villa & G.B.Villa, 1835</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha obsoleta <small>Laboissière, 1937</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha recticollis <small>Fairmaire, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha sardea <small>(Villa, 1835)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha sinuatocollis <small>Fairmaire, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha strangulata <small>Fairmaire, 1862</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha temperei <small>Jeanne, 1965</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span>
- Timarcha tenebricosa <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small><span style="color:gray"><sup> g</sup></span> (Bloody-nosed beetle)
<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>
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