Pentaria (beetle) explained

Pentaria is a genus of false flower beetles in the family Scraptiidae. There are about nine described species in Pentaria.

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Pentaria:

• Pentaria arabica Pankow, 1981

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• Pentaria badia (Rosenhauer, 1847)

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• Pentaria bicolor (Liljeblad, 1918)

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• Pentaria decolor Champion, 1891

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• Pentaria dispar (Liljeblad, 1918)

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• Pentaria fuscula LeConte, 1862

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• Pentaria hirsuta Smith, 1882

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• Pentaria pallida (Liljeblad, 1918)

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• Pentaria trifasciata (Melsheimer, 1846)

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Further reading

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