Pentagonica

Pentagonica  er en slekt av løpebiller i underfamilien Lebiinae.

Utseende 
Nokså små (gjerne ca. 5 millimeter), litt brede, svarte løpebiller, dekkvingene gjerne mer eller mindre gulbrunlige, antenner og bein lysere, pronotum kan være rødt. Hodet er rundet med middels store fasettøyne. Pronotum er femkantet til bredt hjerteformet. Dekkvingene er litt rundede.

Levevis

Utbredelse 
Slekten er utbredt i varme områder over det meste av Jorda, også på relativt isolerte øyer som New Zealand og Ny-Caledonia.
Den mangler i Europa, men går nord til det sørlige Canada i Nord-Amerika.

Systematisk inndeling 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
 Underordenen Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
 Overfamilien løpebiller og vannkalver, Caraboidea Latreille, 1802
 Familien løpebiller, Carabidae Latreille, 1802
 Underfamilien Lebiinae  Bonelli, 1810
 Stammen Pentagonicini  Bates, 1873 
 Slekten Pentagonica Schmidt-Göbel, 1846
 Pentagonica abyssinica Basilewsky, 1953 
 Pentagonica africana Gestro, 1895 
 Pentagonica andrewesi Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica angulicollis Reiche, 1842  
 Pentagonica angulipennis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica angulosa Bates, 1883
 Pentagonica angustior Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica antennata Barker, 1919 
 Pentagonica apiceincisa Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica atkinsoni Fauvel, 1882 
 Pentagonica atrata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica atrorufa (Reiche, 1842) 
 Pentagonica avicapitis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica baliensis Baehr, 2014
 Pentagonica batantae Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica batesi Andrewes, 1923  
 Pentagonica biak Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica biangulata Dupuis, 1912 
 Pentagonica bicolor (Leconte, 1863) 
 Pentagonica bifasciata Chaudoir, 1877 
 Pentagonica bilyi Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica bipartita Burgeon, 1937 
 Pentagonica blanda Andrewes, 1929 
 Pentagonica boavistensis Serrano, 1995 
 Pentagonica boettcheri Jedlicka, 1935 
 Pentagonica brandti Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica canaliculata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica capicola Basilewsky, 1958 
 Pentagonica castanea Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica cechovskyi Baehr, 2019
 Pentagonica ceylonica Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica cognata Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica communis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica comorica Jeannel, 1949 
 Pentagonica conradti Kolbe, 1898 
 Pentagonica convexipennis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica cuspidata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica cyanea (Montrouzier, 1860) 
 Pentagonica cyanipennis Liebke, 1939 
 Pentagonica daimiella Bates, 1892
 Pentagonica darlingtoni Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica debeauxi Straneo, 1943 
 Pentagonica decellei Basilewsky, 1968  
 Pentagonica discoidea Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica dispar Peringuey, 1904 
 Pentagonica distinguenda Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica drescheri Louwerens, 1952  
 Pentagonica elegans Peringuey, 1896 
 Pentagonica erichsoni Schmidt-Gobel, 1846
 Pentagonica estriata Darlington, 1968 
 Pentagonica eurodes Andrewes, 1938 
 Pentagonica excisis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica fakfak Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica felix R.T.Bell, 1987 
 Pentagonica fijiana Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica flavicornis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica flavipes Lecordaire 
 Pentagonica formosana Dupuis, 1912
 Pentagonica fukiensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica garainae Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica giluwe Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica glabripennis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica goniodera (Gemminger & Harold, 1868) 
 Pentagonica gonostigma Bates, 1883 
 Pentagonica gressitti Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica grimmi Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica halmaherae Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica hebridarum Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica hexagona (Wollaston, 1867) 
 Pentagonica horni Dupuis, 1913 
 Pentagonica infans Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica insularum Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica irsac Basilewsky, 1954 
 Pentagonica jakli Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica javana Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica kietae Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica kitchingi Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica kivuana Basilewsky, 1953 
 Pentagonica kundelunguensis Basilewsky, 1953 
 Pentagonica kyushuensis Habu, 1967 
 Pentagonica laevissima Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica laticollis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica longicornis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica lucens Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica luzoensis Jedlicka, 1934 
 Pentagonica macrops Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica maculicornis Bates, 1883 
 Pentagonica malickyi Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica marshalli Mateu, 1995 
 Pentagonica mascarenica Vinson, 1955 
 Pentagonica media Liebke, 1939 
 Pentagonica melancholica Reichardt, 1970 
 Pentagonica micans Andrewes, 1947 
 Pentagonica minuta Baehr, 2014
 Pentagonica montana Basilewsky, 1962 
 Pentagonica nepalensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica nigerrima Basilewsky, 1954 
 Pentagonica nigricornis Darlington, 1934 
 Pentagonica nigrifemur Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica nigripennis Bates, 1873 
 Pentagonica nigritula Straneo, 1943 
 Pentagonica nigroantennata Baehr, 2013
 Pentagonica nitens Andrewes, 1937 
 Pentagonica nitidicollis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica novaeguineae Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica novairlandica Baehr, 2014
 Pentagonica obscura Chaudoir, 1877 
 Pentagonica obscuripes Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica ochracea Reichardt, 1968 
 Pentagonica olivacea Chaudoir, 1877 
 Pentagonica omostigma Bates, 1883 
 Pentagonica oneili Barker, 1919 
 Pentagonica orbitalis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica palawanica Baehr, 2013
 Pentagonica pallipes (Nietner, 1856) 
 Pentagonica papua Darlington, 1968  
 Pentagonica parapapua Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica parviceps Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica perrieri Fairmaire, 1899 
 Pentagonica philipi R.T.Bell, 1985 
 Pentagonica philippinensis Jedlicka, 1934  
 Pentagonica piceomarginata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica picticornis Bates, 1883 
 Pentagonica plaumanni Liebke, 1939 
 Pentagonica polita Baehr, 2014
 Pentagonica profemorata Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica pseudonitens Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica proxima Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica quadratipennis Louwerens, 1956 
 Pentagonica queenslandica Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica reticulata Baehr, 2014
 Pentagonica riedeli Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica roedingeri Liebke, 1951 
 Pentagonica rubra Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica rufa Basilewsky, 1948 
 Pentagonica ruficeps Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica ruficollis Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 
 Pentagonica rufonigra Baehr, 2013
 Pentagonica rufopicea Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica rufovirgata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica sarawakensis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica schachti Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica scutellaris Chaudoir, 1877  
 Pentagonica selebensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica semilaevis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica semisuturalis Dupuis, 1912 
 Pentagonica seyrigi Alluaud, 1935  
 Pentagonica similis Baehr, 2012
 Pentagonica sinuaticollis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica skalei Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica soror Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica spatulata Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica strandi Liebke, 1939  
 Pentagonica subcordicollis Bates, 1873
 Pentagonica sumatrensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica suturalis Schaum, 1863 
 Pentagonica szetschuana Jedlicka, 1934 
 Pentagonica taiwanensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica tekadu Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica tenebrosa Andrewes, 1930 
 Pentagonica tolgae Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica transgrediens Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica trimaculata Chaudoir, 1877 
 Pentagonica trivittata (Dejean, 1831) 
 Pentagonica trukensis Darlington, 1970 
 Pentagonica vadoni Jeannel, 1949  
 Pentagonica varicornis Heller, 1916 
 Pentagonica venusta Andrewes, 1933 
 Pentagonica vicina Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica vietnami Kirschenhofer, 1994  
 Pentagonica vittipennis Chaudoir, 1877 
 Pentagonica vittula Darlington, 1939
 Pentagonica wallaceensis Baehr, 2011
 Pentagonica weigeli Baehr, 2012

Eksterne lenker 
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Lebiinae
Biller formelt beskrevet i 1842