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'''''Penthe obliquata''''' is a species of polypore fungus beetle in the family [[Tetratomidae]]. It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/>
'''''Penthe obliquata''''', also known as the '''oblique polypore fungus beetle''' is a species of polypore fungus beetle in the family [[Tetratomidae]]. It is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=buglink/>


This species is primarily dark-colored with a characteristic, brightly-orange scutellum which distinguishes it from the only other species of ''[[Penthe]]'' in North America: ''[[Penthe pimelia]].'' <ref>{{Cite web |title=TETRATOMIDAE |url=https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/tetratomidae |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=uk beetles |language=en}}</ref>
This species is primarily dark-colored with a characteristic, brightly-orange scutellum which distinguishes it from the only other species of ''[[Penthe]]'' in North America: ''[[Penthe pimelia]].'' <ref>{{Cite web |title=TETRATOMIDAE |url=https://www.ukbeetles.co.uk/tetratomidae |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=uk beetles |language=en}}</ref>

==Description==
''Penthe obliquata'' are found in [[North America]], along the Eastern and Midwest regions of the United States and Canada.<ref name="gbif" /> They range in size from 11-14 mm,<ref name="bugguide"/> and have a dark, rounded body but an orange [[Scutellum (insect anatomy)|scutellum]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=bugman |title=Fungus Beetle: Penthe obliquata - What's That Bug? |url=https://www.whatsthatbug.com/fungus-beetle-penthe-obliquata/ |date=1 July 2014}}</ref> ''Penthe obliquata'' can be found under the loose bark of decaying and decomposing trees as well as in dry fungi.<ref name="bugguide">{{cite web |title=Species Penthe obliquata |url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6621 |website=bugguide.net}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Arthur V. |title=Beetles of Eastern North America |date=Jun 8 2014 |publisher=Princeton Nature |isbn=9780691133041 |pages=560 |url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691133041/beetles-of-eastern-north-america}}</ref> They inhabit a wide range of habitats, including mature hardwood forests, floodplain forests, swamps, pine forests. and other forested habitats.<ref name="webster">{{cite journal |last1=Webster |first1=RP |last2=Sweeney |first2=JD |last3=Demerchant |first3=I |title=New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae. |journal=ZooKeys |date=2012 |issue=179 |pages=215-42 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.179.2598 |pmid=22539895}}</ref> Known fungi hosts of this insect include [[Polyporus versicolor]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Weiss |first1=HB |title=Coleoptera Associated With Polyporus Versicolor L. in New Jersey |journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |date=1920 |url=https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1920/058930.pdf}}</ref> ''Polyporus varius'', ''Fomitopsis pinicola'', and other fleshy and woody [[polypore]] fungi.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Webster |first1=RP |last2=Sweeney |first2=JD |last3=Demerchant |first3=I |title=New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae. |journal=ZooKeys |date=2012 |issue=179 |pages=215-42 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.179.2598 |pmid=22539895 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3337062/}}</ref> Population levels of ''Penthe obliquata'' are thought to be secure, but large portions of the range do not have a status rank from [[NatureServe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.747622/Penthe_obliquata}}</ref>




==References==
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Penthe obliquata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Tetratomidae
Genus: Penthe
Species:
P. obliquata
Binomial name
Penthe obliquata
(Fabricius, 1801)

Penthe obliquata, also known as the oblique polypore fungus beetle is a species of polypore fungus beetle in the family Tetratomidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

This species is primarily dark-colored with a characteristic, brightly-orange scutellum which distinguishes it from the only other species of Penthe in North America: Penthe pimelia. [4]

Description

Penthe obliquata are found in North America, along the Eastern and Midwest regions of the United States and Canada.[2] They range in size from 11-14 mm,[5] and have a dark, rounded body but an orange scutellum.[6] Penthe obliquata can be found under the loose bark of decaying and decomposing trees as well as in dry fungi.[5][7] They inhabit a wide range of habitats, including mature hardwood forests, floodplain forests, swamps, pine forests. and other forested habitats.[8] Known fungi hosts of this insect include Polyporus versicolor,[9] Polyporus varius, Fomitopsis pinicola, and other fleshy and woody polypore fungi.[10] Population levels of Penthe obliquata are thought to be secure, but large portions of the range do not have a status rank from NatureServe.[11]


References

  1. ^ "Penthe obliquata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ a b "Penthe obliquata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "TETRATOMIDAE". uk beetles. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. ^ a b "Species Penthe obliquata". bugguide.net.
  5. ^ bugman (1 July 2014). "Fungus Beetle: Penthe obliquata - What's That Bug?".
  6. ^ Evans, Arthur V. (Jun 8 2014). Beetles of Eastern North America. Princeton Nature. p. 560. ISBN 9780691133041. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Webster, RP; Sweeney, JD; Demerchant, I (2012). "New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae". ZooKeys (179): 215–42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.179.2598. PMID 22539895.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  8. ^ Weiss, HB (1920). "Coleoptera Associated With Polyporus Versicolor L. in New Jersey" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology.
  9. ^ Webster, RP; Sweeney, JD; Demerchant, I (2012). "New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Mycetophagidae, Tetratomidae, and Melandryidae". ZooKeys (179): 215–42. doi:10.3897/zookeys.179.2598. PMID 22539895.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  10. ^ https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.747622/Penthe_obliquata. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 5: Tenebrionoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26090-0.

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