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Genus Pentacora

Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata Tiny true bug - Pentacora signoreti Which Shore Bug is this? - Pentacora signoreti Flies - Pentacora ligata Saldid - Pentacora sphacelata Shore Bug - Pentacora ligata Pentacora signoreti? - Pentacora signoreti Pentacora signoreti pair? - Pentacora signoreti - male - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Leptopodomorpha
Family Saldidae (Shore Bugs)
Subfamily Chiloxanthinae
Genus Pentacora
Explanation of Names
Pentacora Reuter 1912
Numbers
5 spp. in NA(1)
Range
widespread(2)
Habitat
sea shores, river banks, and similar locations(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Aquatic Insects of North America
R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg. 2008. Kendall/Hunt.