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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