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Penthea
Penthea is the scientific name of a group of Lamiinae -also called lamiines or flat-faced longhorned beetles-
Penthea Dejean, 1835
P.F. Dejean is the author of the original taxon.
The type species is Lamia vermicularia Donovan, 1805.
Penthea Dejean, 1835 is the full name of the group-genus in the taxonomic classification system.
Penthea has 2 subgenera and 10 species. This genus is ranked in the Pteropliini tribe of Lamiinae.
Classification
kingdom | |
Animalia | |
~1,200,000 sp. | |
phylum | |
Arthropoda | |
~1,000,000 sp. | |
class | |
Insecta | |
~830,000 sp. | |
order | |
Coleoptera | |
~350,000 sp. | |
family | |
Cerambycidae | |
~35,000 sp. | |
subfamily | |
Lamiinae | |
20,351 sp. | |
tribe | |
Pteropliini | |
2,133 sp. | |
genus | |
Penthea | |
10 sp. |
Region
World [10]

Distribution for species of Penthea...
Distribution for species of Penthea
Group
Penthea [10]
Subgroup of
Gallery
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Pteropliini
Queensland

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Pteropliini
Queensland

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Pteropliini
Queensland
List of species
10 species...
10 species
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Penthea costata Pascoe, 1863
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Penthea intricata Pascoe, 1863
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Penthea lichenosa McKeown, 1942
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Penthea melanosticta Pascoe, 1875
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Penthea obscuroides Breuning & Heyrovsky, 1964
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Penthea pardalina Breuning, 1942
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Penthea pardalis (Newman, 1842)image
- Australia, Queensland, Cairns • 2♀ • 30-31.5 mm • x-1999 • lam.#13552, 13553
- Queensland, Mt. Carbine • 1♂1♀ • 29-30.5 mm • ii-1999 • lam.#8263, 8264
- Australia, Western Australia, E. Hyden • 1♂ • 26 mm • ii-1988 • lam.#13473
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas -
Penthea solida Pascoe, 1863
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Penthea tigrina Blackburn, 1901
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Penthea vermicularia (Donovan, 1805)image
- Australia, New South Wales, Windsor • 1♂ • 25 mm • i-2002 • lam.#15675
- Queensland, Western Creek Forest • 1♂1♀ • 28.5-29 mm • xii-2020 • lam.#21943, 21944
datas on labels of lamiines in author's collectiondatas
Taxa, synonyms
2 taxa refer to Penthea...
2 taxa refer to Penthea
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Penthea Dejean, 1835 [ sp. type : Lamia vermicularia Donovan, 1805 ]
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Penthea (Melanopenthea) Breuning, 1942 [ sp. type : Penthea melanosticta Pascoe, 1875 ]
Bibliography
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data...
Some citations found in the bibliography excluding lists and catalogs except with nomenclatural act or image or data
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Penthea Dejean • Méquignon-Marvis, Paris • 1835 • ed. 2, 4 : 343 [ nov ]
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Penthea ; Thomson • Paris • 1860 : 39
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Penthea ; Thomson • Mém. Soc. R. Sci. Liège • 1864 • 19 : 52, 367
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Penthea (Melanopenthea) Breuning • Fol. zool. hydrob. • 1942 • 11, 2 : 130 [ nov div ]details
Penthea (Melanopenthea) Breuning • Fol. zool. hydrob. • 1942 • 11, 2 : 130
General information
- distinctive characters
- new taxon/name
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Penthea ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 88 [ div ]details
Penthea ; Bousquet & Bouchard • ZooKeys • 2013 • 282 : 88
General information
- remark
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Rhytiphora = Penthea ; Slipinski & Escalona • CSIRO Publ. • 2013 • 1 : 196
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Rhytiphora = Melanopenthea ; Tavakilian & Nearns • Les Cahiers Magellanes • 2014 • n.s., 15 : 103