Genus Pentacora Reuter, 1912
- Pentacora Reuter, O.M. 1912. Zur generischen Teilung der paläarktischen und nearktischen Acanthiden. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 54(12): 1-24 [10].
Type species:
Acanthia signoreti Guérin-Méneville, 1857 by original designation. - Pelachoris Drake, C.J. 1962. Synonymic data and two new genera of shore-bugs (Hemiptera: Saldidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 75: 115-124 [116].
Type species:
Pentacora leucographa Rimes, 1951 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cobben, R.H. 1980. On some species of Pentacora, with the description of a new species from Australia (Heteroptera, Saldidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 55: 116-126 [119]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical regions.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Plains (GUP) ; Qld, SA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB) ; WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)
Distribution References
General References
Brooks, A.R. & Kelton, L.A. 1967. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Hemiptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 51: 1-92 [58] (description)
Drake, C.J. 1961. Insects of Micronesia. Hemiptera: Saldidae. Honolulu : Bishop Museum Vol. 7(6) 287-305 pp. [301] (synonymy, distribution)
Drake, C.J. & Hoberlandt, L. 1951. Check list and distributional records of Leptopodidae (Hemiptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 26(373): 1-5 [5] (catalogue)
Polhemus, J.T. 1972. Notes concerning Mexican Saldidae, including the description of two new species (Hemiptera). Great Basin Naturalist 32: 138-153 [138] (morphology)
Polhemus, J.T. 1976. Shore bugs (Hemiptera: Saldidae, etc.). pp. 225-262 in Cheng, L. (ed.). Marine Insects. Amsterdam : North-Holland Publishing Co. [232] (diagnosis)
Polhemus, J.T. 1985. Shore Bugs (Heteroptera Hemiptera; Saldidae). A world overview and taxonomy of Middle American forms. Englewood, Colorado : The Different Drummer v 252 pp. [114] (description, middle America; phylogeny)
Polhemus, J.T. 1988. Family Saldidae Amyot and Serville, 1843: the shore bugs. pp. 665-681 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [667] (Nearctic Region)
Polhemus, J.T. & Chapman, H.C. 1979. Family Saldidae/shore bugs. pp. 16-33 in Menke, A.S. (ed.). The Semiaquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of California (Heteroptera: Hemiptera). Berkeley : University of California Press. [20] (diagnosis, California)
Schuh, R.T. & Polhemus, J.T. 1980. Analysis of taxonomic congruence among morphological, ecological, and biogeographical data sets for the Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera). Systematic Zoology 29: 1-26 [19] (phylogeny, habitat)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 2: xiv 1-902 [439] (Nearctic Region)
History of changes
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