Penthe pimelia

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Penthe pimelia P1580028a.jpg

| genus = Penthe

| species = pimelia

| authority = (Fabricius, 1801)

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Penthe pimelia, the velvety bark beetle, is a species of polypore fungus beetle in the family Tetratomidae. It is found in North America.

This species has a uniformly dark appearance, including a dark scutellum, which distinguishes it from the only other species of Penthe in North America, Penthe obliqiuata, which exhibits a distinct, bright-orange scutellum.

File:Penthe pimelia P1580029a.jpg

References

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{{Cite web| title=Penthe pimelia Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114456

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

| accessdate=2019-09-24

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{{Cite web| title=Penthe pimelia

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1045082

| website=GBIF

| accessdate=2019-09-24

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{{Cite web| title=Penthe pimelia species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/4516

| website=BugGuide.net

| accessdate=2019-09-24

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite book

| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea

| date = 2013

| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.

| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.

| publisher = Apollo Books

| isbn = 978-90-04-26090-0

}}

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