Penthophonus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least four described species in Penthophonus.

Species These four species belong to the genus Penthophonus: Penthophonus astutus Tschitscherine, 1903 (Syria) Penthophonus glasunovi (Tschitscherine, 1898) (Iran) Penthophonus peyroni (Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1873) (Lebanon, Syria, Turkey) Penthophonus taygetanus Pic, 1911 (Greece)

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