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Oblique Polypore Fungus Beetle

Penthe obliquata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.

United States	1,024
Canada	196
New York	143
Virginia	115
Ontario	102
Maryland	101
Massachusetts	78
Quebec	62
New Jersey	61
West Virginia	49

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Insects · Insecta
Order	Beetles · Coleoptera
Family	Polypore Fungus Beetles · Tetratomidae
Genus	Penthe

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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