Timarcha tenebricosa

Timarcha tenebricosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Chrysomelinae
Tribus: Timarchini
Genus: Timarcha
Subgenus: Timarcha (Timarcha)
Species: Timarcha tenebricosa

Name

Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775) [conserved name]

Lectotype: ZMUK. ♂. (designated by Vela, Alonso-Zarazaga & Daccordi, 2020)

Type locality: "Europa australiori".

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 2474.

Synonymy

• Tenebrio laevigatus Linnaeus, 1767: 678 [syn. nov. Vela, Alonso-Zarazaga & Daccordi, 2020]
  • Lectotype: LSUK, code LINN 6578. ♀. "laevigatus [h, probably by Linnaeus] // 29 [p]". (designated by Vela, Alonso-Zarazaga & Daccordi, 2020)
  • Type locality: "Africa" [wrong type locality].
• Tenebrio coeruleus Berkenhout, 1769: 111 (non T. caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758: 418). [syn. with T. tenebricosa by Stephens, 1829: 224]
• Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775: 94 (unjustified replacement name). [syn. explicitly with T. laevigatus by Duftschmid, 1825: 161 and Stephens, 1831: 348]
• Chrysomela tenebriosa: Fabricius, 1781: 116 (incorrect spelling)
• Chrysomela tenebrioides: Gmelin, 1790: 1667 (incorrect spelling)
• Chrysomela tenebricosa: Olivier, 1791: 689
• Tenebrio coeruleus: Berkenhout, 1795: 109
• Timarcha tenebricosa: Samouelle, 1819: 213
• Chrysomela laevigata: Duftschmid, 1825: 161
• Timarcha laevigata: Latreille, 1829: 150

References

Primary references

• Duftschmid, C.E. 1825. Fauna Austriae, oder Beschreibung der österreichischen Insecten, für angehende Freunde der Entomologie. Dritter Theil. Linz: Verlag der k.k. priv. akademischen Kunst- Musik- und Buchhandlung. 289 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Caroli a Linné systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I, Pars IV. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. - pp. 1517–2224. Lipsiae. (Beer). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.545 BHL Reference page. 
• ICZN. 2021. Opinion 2474 (Case 3760) – Chrysomela tenebricosa Fabricius, 1775 (currently Timarcha tenebricosa; Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae): specific name conserved. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 78(1): 57–58. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v78.a018 . Biotaxa . Reference page. 
• Latreille, P.A. 1829. Tome V. Suite et fin des insectes. In: Cuvier G.: Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée, Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Déterville, Paris, xxii + 556 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page. 
• Olivier, G-A. 1790–1791. Encyclopédie méthodique, ou par ordre de matières; par une société de gens de lettres, de savans et d’artistes; Précédée ďun vocabulaire universel, servant de table pou l’Ouvrage, ornée des Portraits de MM. Diderot l’Alembert, premiers Éditeurs de l’Encyclopédie. Histoire naturelle. Insectes. Tome cinquième. Paris: Panckoucke, 793 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Samouelle, G. 1819. The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Thomas Boys, London, 496 pp., 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Vela, 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 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Petitpierre, E. 2019. Coleoptera Chrysomelidae II. Fauna Ibérica, vol. 46. CSIC, Madrid, 596 pp. ISBN 978-84-00-10488-7. Reference page. 
• Petitpierre, E. & Anichtchenko, A. 2018. Endophallus structure: a promising tool for cryptic species identification in Timarcha Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae). Zootaxa 4446(3): 361–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.4 Reference page. 

Links

• Subfamily Chrysomelinae (Chrysomelidae) - atlas of leaf beetles of Russia

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Tatzenkäfer
English: Bloody-nosed beetle