Pentaphyllus

Dejean, 1821

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Pentaphyllus is a of darkling beetles ( Tenebrionidae) containing approximately six described . The genus was established by Dejean in 1821 and is classified within the Diaperinae. Species in this genus occur in Europe and North America, with distribution records from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and western North America.

Pentaphyllus testaceus by Stanislav Snäll. Used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig, 1792) by URSchmidt. Used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Pronunciation

How to pronounce Pentaphyllus: /ˌpɛn.təˈfɪl.jəs/

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Distribution

Europe (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) and western North America (California, western United States). Distribution records from GBIF indicate Scandinavian presence; BugGuide.net records confirm western North American occurrence.

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Taxonomic note

The name 'pentaphyllus' appears in multiple unrelated as a specific epithet (e.g., Baetis pentaphyllus, a ; Lonchocarpus pentaphyllus, a tropical tree; Lupinaster pentaphyllus, a legume). These are not related to the Pentaphyllus.

Species list

Six described : Pentaphyllus californicus, P. chrysomeloides (Rossi, 1792), P. (Fauvel, 1904), P. pallidus LeConte, P. quadricornis Gebien, 1914, and P. testaceus (Hellwig, 1792).