Introduction
Timarcha
Classification Règne Animalia Embranchement Arthropoda Sous-embr. Hexapoda Classe Insecta Sous-classe Pterygota Infra-classe Neoptera Super-ordre Endopterygota Ordre Coleoptera Sous-ordre Polyphaga Infra-ordre Cucujiformia Super-famille Chrysomeloidea Famille Chrysomelidae Sous-famille Chrysomelinae Genre Timarcha Latreille, 1829
Le genre Timarcha comprend une centaine d'espèces répartie en 3 sous-genres. Ce sont des coléoptères aptères aux élitres soudées de l'écozone paléarctique. Ils sont phytophages et inféodés à quelques familles de plantes. Le crache-sang (Timarcha tenebricosa ) se nourrit de plantes du genre galium .
Espèces rencontrées en Europe
Timarcha (Metallotimarcha) corinthia Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Metallotimarcha) gibba (Hagenbach 1825) Timarcha (Metallotimarcha) metallica (Laicharting 1781) Timarcha (Timarcha) apricaria Waltl 1835 Timarcha (Timarcha) apuana Daccordi & Ruffo 1990 Timarcha (Timarcha) aurichalcea Bechyné 1948 Timarcha (Timarcha) balearica (Gory 1829) Timarcha (Timarcha) calceata Perez 1865 Timarcha (Timarcha) chalcosoma Fairmaire 1868 Timarcha (Timarcha) coarcticollis Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarcha) erosa Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarcha) espanoli Bechyné 1948 Timarcha (Timarcha) fallax Perez 1865 Timarcha (Timarcha) granadensis Bechyné 1948 Timarcha (Timarcha) gravis Rosenhauer 1856 Timarcha (Timarcha) heydeni Weise 1882 Timarcha (Timarcha) hispanica Herrich-Schaeffer 1838 Timarcha (Timarcha) insparsa Rosenhauer 1856 Timarcha (Timarcha) intermedia Herrich-Schaeffer 1838 Timarcha (Timarcha) kiesenwetteri Kraatz 1879 Timarcha (Timarcha) marginicollis Rosenhauer 1856 Timarcha (Timarcha) melica Bechyné 1947 Timarcha (Timarcha) nicaeensis Villa 1853 Timarcha (Timarcha) parvicollis Rosenhauer 1856 Timarcha (Timarcha) pimelioides Herrich-Schaeffer 1838 Timarcha (Timarcha) rugulosa Herrich-Schaeffer 1838 Timarcha (Timarcha) seidlitzi Kraatz 1879 Timarcha (Timarcha) strophium Weise 1888 Timarcha (Timarcha) tenebricosa (Fabricius 1775) - crache-sang Timarcha (Timarcha) tenuicornis Fairmaire 1880 Timarcha (Timarcha) validicornis Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) affinis Laboissiere 1939 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) aragonica Balbi 1892 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) asturiensis Kraatz 1879 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) catalaunensis Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) chloropus (Germar 1824) Timarcha (Timarchostoma) cornuta Bechyné 1944 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) cyanescens Fairmaire 1861 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) daillei Laboissiere 1939 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) durmitoriensis Apfelbeck 1912 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) elliptica Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) fracassii Meier 1900 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) geniculata (Germar 1824) Timarcha (Timarchostoma) globipennis Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) goettingensis (Linnaeus 1758) Timarcha (Timarchostoma) gougeleti Fairmaire 1859 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) interstitialis Fairmaire 1861 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) janthinipes Fairmaire 1880 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) lusitanica (Fabricius 1781) Timarcha (Timarchostoma) maritima Perris 1850 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) melitensis Weise 1882 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) monserratensis Bechyné 1962 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) montana Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) monticola Dufour 1843 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) oblongula Fairmaire 1880 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) obsoleta Laboissiere 1937 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) olivieri Fairmaire 1868 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) perezi Fairmaire 1884 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) pontavicei Marseul 1883 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) pratensis Duftschmid 1825 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) recticollis Fairmaire 1891 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) sardea (Villa 1835) Timarcha (Timarchostoma) sicelides Reiche 1860 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) sphaeroptera Fairmaire 1873 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) stepaneki Bechyné 1946 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) strangulata Fairmaire 1861 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) temperei Jeanne 1965 Timarcha (Timarchostoma) trapezicollis Fairmaire 1873