Pentacomia

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Pentacomia
Pentacomia, Brazil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cicindelidae
Tribe: Cicindelini
Genus: Pentacomia
Bates, 1872
Subgenera
  • Beckerium W.Horn in W.Horn; Becker & Hoege, 1897
  • Eumesochila J.Moravec, 2018
  • Mesacanthina Rivalier, 1969
  • Mesochila Rivalier, 1969
  • Paramesochila J.Moravec, 2018
  • Pentacomia Bates, 1872
  • Poecilochila Rivalier, 1969

Pentacomia is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 50 described species in Pentacomia, found in Central and South America.[1][2]

Species[edit]

These 53 species belong to the genus Pentacomia:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pentacomia Bates, 1872". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. ^ Duran, Daniel P.; Gough, Harlan M. (2020). "Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships". Systematic Entomology. 45 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12440.