- Timarcha
Taxobox
name = "Timarcha"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo = Coleoptera
familia =Chrysomelidae
genus = "Timarcha"
genus_authority = Latreille, 1829 [ITIS|ID=719644|taxon="Timarcha"]
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="T. insparsa "
"Timarcha lugens " "Timarcha marginicollis " "Timarcha tenebricosa " …"Timarcha" is a
beetle genus of theChrysomelidae family, with more than 100 described species in three subgenera. The most widely known species is "T. tenebricosa", thebloody-nosed beetle .All species are black, wingless organisms. "Timarcha" are herbivorous species, living mostly on plants belonging toRubiaceae andPlumbaginaceae , although a few can feed onBrassicaceae andRosaceae .References
External links
* [http://www.biol.uni.wroc.pl/cassidae/European%20Chrysomelidae/timarcha.htm List of 111 species]
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10679162&dopt=Abstract The evolutionary history of the genus Timarcha (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) inferred from mitochondrial COII gene and partial 16S rDNA sequences.]
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