Pentacora is a genus of shore bugs in the family Saldidae. There are about 12 described species in Pentacora.[1][2][3]

Pentacora
Pentacora signoreti
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Saldidae
Subfamily: Chiloxanthinae
Genus: Pentacora
Reuter, 1912
Pentacora sphacelata

Species

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These 12 species belong to the genus Pentacora:

References

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  1. ^ "Pentacora Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Pentacora". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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  • 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.
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