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For the United States & Canada

Genus Penthe

Beetle - Penthe pimelia Polypore fungus beetle 2 - Penthe obliquata Penthe pimelia Beetle - Penthe pimelia Penthe obliquata? - Penthe obliquata Penthe pimelia? - Penthe pimelia Penthe obliquata Penthe pimelia (Fabricius) - Penthe pimelia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea
Family Tetratomidae (Polypore Fungus Beetles)
Genus Penthe
Explanation of Names
Penthe Newman 1838
Greek penthe 'sorrow, mourner' (referring to the color)
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)
Identification
scutellum dark in P. pimelia, orange in P. obliquata
Range
holarctic & Oriental; in our area, both spp. are widespread in e. half of the US and adjacent Canada(1)
Habitat
forested areas; on woody fungi and under loose bark; rather common
Remarks
our sole representative of the holarctic & Oriental subfamily Penthinae, that contains a total of 2 genera(1)
come to lights(2)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.