Penthe

Genus of beetles

Penthe

Penthe obliquata
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Tetratomidae
Genus:  | Penthe
Newman, 1838

Penthe is a genus of polypore fungus beetles in the family Tetratomidae. There are at least three described species in Penthe.[1][2] Holarctic and Oriental. They live under bark in woody areas.[3]

Penthe pimelia

## Species

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These species belong to the genus Penthe:

* Penthe almorensis
* Penthe brevicollis
* Penthe japana
* Penthe javana
* Penthe obliquata (Fabricius, 1801)
* Penthe pimelia (Fabricius, 1801) (velvety bark beetle)
* Penthe reitteri Nikitsky, 1998
* Penthe rufopubens
* Penthe similis

## References

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1. ^ "Penthe Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. ^ "Penthe". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. ^ "Penthe genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-02-10.

## Further reading

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* 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.

## External links

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* Media related to Penthe at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers

Penthe|

* Wikidata: Q4046662
* Wikispecies: Penthe
* BioLib: 910702
* BOLD: 167246
* BugGuide: 4515
* CoL: 6KV9
* EoL: 91802
* GBIF: 1045081
* iNaturalist: 178366
* IRMNG: 1018889
* ITIS: 114455
* NCBI: 296004
* Open Tree of Life: 846990

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