| Pentacora | |
|---|---|
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| Pentacora signoreti | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Hemiptera | 
| Suborder: | Heteroptera | 
| Family: | Saldidae | 
| Subfamily: | Chiloxanthinae | 
| Genus: | Pentacora Reuter, 1912  | 
Pentacora is a genus of shore bugs in the family Saldidae. There are about 12 described species in Pentacora.[1][2][3]

Pentacora sphacelata
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Pentacora:
- Pentacora grossi Cobben, 1980
 - Pentacora hirta (Say, 1832)
 - Pentacora leucographa Rimes, 1951
 - Pentacora ligata (Say, 1832)
 - Pentacora malayensis (Dover, 1929)
 - Pentacora ouachita J. Polhemus, 1993
 - Pentacora salina (Bergroth, 1893)
 - Pentacora saratogae Cobben, 1965
 - Pentacora signoreti (Guérin-Méneville, 1857)
 - Pentacora sonneveldti Blöte, 1947
 - Pentacora spacelata (Uhler, 1877)
 - Pentacora sphacelata (Uhler, 1877)
 
References
- ↑ "Pentacora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - ↑ "Pentacora". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 - ↑ "Pentacora genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
 
Further reading
- Schuh, Randall T.; Galil, Bella; Polhemus, John T. (1987). "Catalog and bibliography of Leptopodomorpha (Heteroptera)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 185: 243–406. hdl:2246/970.
 - Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
 
External links
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