{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Pentacomia - inat 66482437.jpg | image_caption = ''Pentacomia'', Brazil | taxon = Pentacomia | authority = Bates, 1872 | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Subgenera | subdivision = * Beckerium <small>W.Horn in W.Horn; Becker & Hoege, 1897</small> * Eumesochila <small>J.Moravec, 2018</small> * Mesacanthina <small>Rivalier, 1969</small> * Mesochila <small>Rivalier, 1969</small> * Paramesochila <small>J.Moravec, 2018</small> * Pentacomia <small>Bates, 1872</small> * Poecilochila <small>Rivalier, 1969</small> }}
'''''Pentacomia''''' is a genus in the beetle family Cicindelidae. There are more than 50 described species in ''Pentacomia'', found in Central and South America.<ref name=catlife/><ref name=Duran2020/>
==Species== These 53 species belong to the genus ''Pentacomia'': {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''Pentacomia argentina'' <small>(Lynch Arribalzaga, 1878)</small> * ''Pentacomia biguttata'' <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small> * ''Pentacomia brasiliensis'' <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small> * ''Pentacomia brevipennis'' <small>(W.Horn, 1907)</small> * ''Pentacomia brzoskai'' <small>Wiesner, 1999</small> * ''Pentacomia chalceola'' <small>(Bates, 1872)</small> * ''Pentacomia championi'' <small>(Bates, 1881)</small> * ''Pentacomia chrysamma'' <small>Bates, 1872</small> * ''Pentacomia chrysammoides'' <small>J.Moravec; R.Huber & Dheurle, 2015</small> * ''Pentacomia completemaculata'' <small>(W.Horn, 1922)</small> * ''Pentacomia conformis'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> * ''Pentacomia cribrata'' <small>(Brullé, 1837)</small> * ''Pentacomia cupricollis'' <small>(Kollar, 1836)</small> * ''Pentacomia cupriventris'' <small>(Reiche, 1842)</small> * ''Pentacomia cyaneomarginata'' <small>(W.Horn, 1900)</small> * ''Pentacomia davidpearsoni'' <small>J.Moravec & Brzoska, 2014</small> * ''Pentacomia degandei'' <small>(Tatum, 1851)</small> * ''Pentacomia discrepans'' <small>(W.Horn, 1893)</small> * ''Pentacomia distigma'' <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small> * ''Pentacomia distincta'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> * ''Pentacomia drechseli'' <small>Sawada & Wiesner, 1997</small> * ''Pentacomia egregia'' <small>(Chaudoir, 1835)</small> * ''Pentacomia exigua'' <small>(Lucas, 1857)</small> * ''Pentacomia gilleti'' <small>Cassola, 2009</small> * ''Pentacomia horni'' <small>(Schilder, 1953)</small> * ''Pentacomia lacordairei'' <small>(Gory, 1833)</small> * ''Pentacomia lanei'' <small>(W.Horn, 1924)</small> * ''Pentacomia leptalis'' <small>(Bates, 1881)</small> * ''Pentacomia metasetosa'' <small>(J.Morawec, 2020)</small> * ''Pentacomia microtheres'' <small>(Bates, 1872)</small> * ''Pentacomia moraveci'' <small>(Roza & Mermudes, 2019)</small> * ''Pentacomia nigrimarginata'' <small>R.Huber, 1999</small> * ''Pentacomia paranigrimarginata'' <small>J.Moravec & Brzoska, 2019</small> * ''Pentacomia pearsoni'' <small>Wiesner, 1999</small> * ''Pentacomia prepusula'' <small>(W.Horn, 1907)</small> * ''Pentacomia procera'' <small>(Chaudoir, 1861)</small> * ''Pentacomia proceroides'' <small>J.Moravec, 2016</small> * ''Pentacomia pseudochrysis'' <small>(W.Horn, 1929)</small> * ''Pentacomia punctum'' <small>(Klug, 1834)</small> * ''Pentacomia reductesignata'' <small>(W.Horn, 1905)</small> * ''Pentacomia ronhuberi'' <small>J.Moravec, 2012</small> * ''Pentacomia rugipennis'' <small>(Kollar, 1836)</small> * ''Pentacomia sericina'' <small>(Klug, 1834)</small> * ''Pentacomia setopronotalis'' <small>(W.Horn, 1909)</small> * ''Pentacomia sinnamarica'' <small>Fleutiaux, 1886</small> * ''Pentacomia skrabali'' <small>Duran & J.Moravec, 2013</small> * ''Pentacomia smaragdula'' <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small> * ''Pentacomia speculifera'' <small>(Brullé, 1837)</small> * ''Pentacomia tayutica'' <small>(J.Moravec, 2018)</small> * ''Pentacomia vallicola'' <small>R.Huber, 1999</small> * ''Pentacomia ventralis'' <small>(Dejean, 1825)</small> * ''Pentacomia viridis'' <small>(Dejean, 1831)</small> * ''Pentacomia wappesi'' <small>J.Moravec & Brzoska, 2013</small> {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Pentacomia'' Bates, 1872 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KYC6 | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2023-04-17 }}</ref>
<ref name=Duran2020> {{Cite journal | title = Validation of tiger beetles as distinct family (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), review and reclassification of tribal relationships | date = 2020 | last1 = Duran | first1 = Daniel P. | last2 = Gough | first2 = Harlan M. | journal = Systematic Entomology | volume = 45| issue = 4 | pages = 723–729 | doi = 10.1111/syen.12440 | bibcode = 2020SysEn..45..723D | doi-access = free }}</ref> }}
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