Pentaria (beetle)

Pentaria is a genus of false flower beetles in the family Scraptiidae. There are about nine described species in Pentaria.[1][2][3][4]

Pentaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Scraptiidae
Genus: Pentaria
Mulsant, 1856
Synonyms[1]
  • Anthobatula Strand, 1929

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Pentaria:

  • Pentaria arabica Pankow, 1981 g
  • Pentaria badia (Rosenhauer, 1847) g
  • Pentaria bicolor (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g
  • Pentaria decolor Champion, 1891 i c g
  • Pentaria dispar (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g b
  • Pentaria fuscula LeConte, 1862 i c g
  • Pentaria hirsuta Smith, 1882 i c g
  • Pentaria pallida (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g
  • Pentaria trifasciata (Melsheimer, 1846) i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References
  1. "Pentaria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. "Browse Pentaria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. "Pentaria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. "Pentaria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading
  • Kubisz, Daniel; Iwan, Dariusz; Tykarski, Piotr (2014). Tenebrionoidea: Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Ripiphoridae, Prostomidae, Oedemeridae, Mycteridae, Pythidae, Aderidae, Scraptiidae, Critical checklist, distribution in Poland and meta-analysis. University of Warsaw - Faculty of Biology & Natura optima dux Foundation. ISBN 978-83-935107-9-5.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.
  • Media related to Pentaria at Wikimedia Commons
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