Pentacora Explained

Pentacora is a genus of shore bugs in the family Saldidae. There are about 12 described species in Pentacora.

Species

These 12 species belong to the genus Pentacora:

• Pentacora grossi Cobben, 1980
• Pentacora hirta (Say, 1832)
• Pentacora leucographa Rimes, 1951
• Pentacora ligata (Say, 1832)
• Pentacora malayensis (Dover, 1929)
• Pentacora ouachita J. Polhemus, 1993
• Pentacora salina (Bergroth, 1893)
• Pentacora saratogae Cobben, 1965
• Pentacora signoreti (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
• Pentacora sonneveldti Blöte, 1947
• Pentacora spacelata (Uhler, 1877)
• Pentacora sphacelata (Uhler, 1877)

Further reading

• Catalog and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera). 1987. Schuh . Randall T.. Galil . Bella. Polhemus . John T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185. 243–406. 2246/970. free.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. 1995. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-12-2.