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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Tenebrionoidea » Polypore Fungus Beetles (Tetratomidae) » Penthe » Velvety Bark Beetle (Penthe pimelia)

Species Penthe pimelia - Velvety Bark Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
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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
Species pimelia (Velvety Bark Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Penthe pimelia (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Helops pimelia Fabricius 1801
Explanation of Names
pimelia = 'fatty'
Numbers
2 spp. n. of Mex.
Size
10-15 mm(1)
Identification
Looks like a Darkling Beetle: broad, flattened, very dark, in velvety pile; scutellum dark (orange in P. obliquata)
Range
e. NA (NS-FL to MB-TX)(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
Forests, under bark or on bracket fungi(1)
Season
All year, under bark; adults wander on tree trunks and fungus on spring/summer evenings(1)
Remarks
Adults come to lights(1); fairly common
See Also
NOTE: orange scutellum

Penthe obliquata (Fabricius)
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.
3. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
Contributed by Cotinis on 1 July, 2004 - 4:37pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2016 - 5:29pm

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