Tentyria discicollis

Tentyria discicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Tenebrionidae
Genus:	Tentyria
Species:	T. discicollis
Binomial name
	Tentyria discicollis; Reiche & Saulcy, 1857

Tentyria discicollis is a species of beetle, of the genus Tentyria, family Tenebrioninae. It was first scientifically documented by Reiche and Saulcy in 1857.^[1]

Tentyria discicollis weighs approximately 0.2 grams and is present in and around the Sinai Peninsula, in Egypt, Syria and Israel. It is also known to inhabit in and around the Dead Sea. Its main habitat is in stony and dry areas.^[2]

References

^ Lillig, Martin; Pavliček, Tomáš (2022). The Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae. CRC Press. pp. XXI. ISBN 9781000625615.
^ Dresden, Gesellschaft Isis in (1872). Sitzungsberichte und abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftlichen gesellschaft Isis in Dresden (in German). p. 53.

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[1] Lillig, Martin; Pavliček, Tomáš (2022). The Darkling Beetles of the Sinai Peninsula: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae. CRC Press. pp. XXI. ISBN 9781000625615.

[2] Dresden, Gesellschaft Isis in (1872). Sitzungsberichte und abhandlungen der Naturwissenschaftlichen gesellschaft Isis in Dresden (in German). p. 53.

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