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Genus Pentagonica

Ground Beetle - Pentagonica flavipes Ground Beetle - Pentagonica flavipes Ant-like Leaf Beetle - Pentagonica flavipes Pentagonica sp. - Pentagonica felix - male Pentagonica picticornis Bates - Pentagonica picticornis Ground Beetle - Pentagonica bicolor Pentagonica? - Pentagonica flavipes Pentagonica marshalli from east TX - Pentagonica marshalli
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Harpalitae
Tribe Pentagonicini
Genus Pentagonica
Explanation of Names
Pentagonica Schmidt-Goebel 1846
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, ~85 total(1)
Range
most of the world, primarily tropical; in our area, 4 spp. restricted to so./se. US states, and 2 spp. are more widespread in the east (P. picticornis ranges into QC-ON)(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.