Pentaphyllus
Genus of beetles
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Pentaphyllus is a genus of darkling beetles in the family Tenebrionidae. There are about six described species in Pentaphyllus.[1][2][3]
| Pentaphyllus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Pentaphyllus testaceus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Tenebrionidae |
| Tribe: | Diaperini |
| Genus: | Pentaphyllus Dejean, 1821 |
Species
These six species belong to the genus Pentaphyllus:
- Pentaphyllus californicus b
- Pentaphyllus chrysomeloides (Rossi, 1792) g
- Pentaphyllus ensifera (Fauvel, 1904) g
- Pentaphyllus pallidus LeConte g b
- Pentaphyllus quadricornis Gebien, 1914 g
- Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig, 1792) g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]
