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Penthe obliquata

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Coleoptera > Family Tenebrionidae > Genus Penthe Penthe obliquata - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/14656

Found under bark of rotting trees or in dry fungus (BugGuide, 2014).

The orange scutellum separates it from the only other member in its genus in North America, P. pimelia.

There are 14 records in the project database.

A Penthe obliquata in Frederick Co., Maryland (8/16/2019). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Penthe obliquata in Dorchester Co., Maryland (4/6/2018). Photo by Jonathan Willey. (MBP list)

A Penthe obliquata in Frederick Co., Maryland (7/23/2016). Determined by Chris Mallory/BugGuide. Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Penthe obliquata in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/19/2014). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Penthe obliquata in Howard Co., Maryland (9/30/2017). Photo by Jeff Schultz. (MBP list)

Penthe obliquata in Washington Co., Maryland (6/30/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Penthe obliquata collected in Baltimore Co., Maryland (8/16/2015). Photo by Jim Young. (MBP list)

Penthe obliquata in Frederick Co., Maryland (10/6/2017). (c) dfulchiron, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by dfulchiron via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Penthe obliquata in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/22/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

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