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''Pentaria'' is a genus of 
false flower beetle
The family Scraptiidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers, but are a ...
s in the family Scraptiidae
The family Scraptiidae is a small group of tenebrionoid beetles sometimes called false flower beetles. There are about 400 species in 30 genera with a world-wide distribution. The adults are found on flowers, sometimes in large numbers, but are a ...
. There are about nine described species in ''Pentaria''.
Species
These nine species belong to the genus ''Pentaria'': * '' Pentaria arabica'' Pankow, 1981 g * '' Pentaria badia'' (Rosenhauer, 1847) g * '' Pentaria bicolor'' (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g * '' Pentaria decolor'' Champion, 1891 i c g * '' Pentaria dispar'' (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g b * '' Pentaria fuscula'' LeConte, 1862 i c g * '' Pentaria hirsuta'' Smith, 1882 i c g * '' Pentaria pallida'' (Liljeblad, 1918) i c g * '' Pentaria trifasciata'' (Melsheimer, 1846) i c g b Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.netReferences
Further reading
* *External links
* Scraptiidae Articles created by Qbugbot {{scraptiidae-stub