Penthe

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Cucujiformia
Superfamilia: Tenebrionoidea

Familia: Tetratomidae
Subfamilia: Penthinae
Genus: Penthe
Species (9):
Name

Penthe Newman, 1838 [nomen protectum]. Type species: Helops obliquatus Fabricius, 1798, by subsequent designation by Hope (1840: 133).
Synonyms

Anorops Dejean, 1834 [nomen oblitum]. Type species: Helops obliquatus Fabricius, 1798, by monotypy.
Pyrrocis Laporte, 1840. Type species: Helops obliquatus Fabricius, 1798, by subsequent designation by Nikitsky (2008).

References

Bouchard, P.; Pollock, D.A. 2009: Proposed conservation of the name Penthe Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera: Tetratomidae: Penthinae) threatened by the discovery of an older available name. Zootaxa, 1972: 65–68. PDF

Penthe is a genus of polypore fungus beetles in the family Tetratomidae. There are at least three described species in Penthe.[1][2] Holarctic and Oriental. They live under bark in woody areas.[3]
Penthe pimelia

Species

These species belong to the genus Penthe:

Penthe almorensis
Penthe brevicollis
Penthe japana
Penthe javana
Penthe obliquata (Fabricius, 1801)
Penthe pimelia (Fabricius, 1801) (velvety bark beetle)
Penthe reitteri Nikitsky, 1998
Penthe rufopubens
Penthe similis

References

"Penthe Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Penthe". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Penthe genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-02-10.