Peltodytes

Peltodytes is a genus of water beetle which is native to the Nearctic, Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. Peltodytes can generally be differentiated from the similar Haliplus by the presence of a pair of spots on the posterior margin of the pronotum. The genus Peltodytes contains the following species:[1]

  • Peltodytes alluaudi Guignot, 1936
  • Peltodytes bradleyi Young, 1961
  • Peltodytes caesus (Duftschmid, 1805)
  • Peltodytes callosus (LeConte, 1852)
  • Peltodytes congoensis Zimmermann, 1924
  • Peltodytes coomani Peschet, 1923
  • Peltodytes darlingtoni Young, 1961
  • Peltodytes dauricus Zimmermann, 1924
  • Peltodytes dietrichi Young, 1961
  • Peltodytes dispersus Roberts, 1913
  • Peltodytes dunavani Young, 1961
  • Peltodytes duodecimpunctatus (Say, 1823)
  • Peltodytes edentulus (LeConte, 1863)
  • Peltodytes festivus (Wehncke, 1876)
  • Peltodytes floridensis Matheson, 1912
  • Peltodytes intermedius (Sharp, 1873)
  • Peltodytes lengi Roberts, 1913
  • Peltodytes litoralis Matheson, 1912
  • Peltodytes mexicanus (Wehncke, 1883)
  • Peltodytes muticus (LeConte, 1863)
  • Peltodytes nodieri Guignot, 1936
  • Peltodytes oppositus Roberts, 1913
  • Peltodytes ovalis Zimmermann, 1924
  • Peltodytes pedunculatus (Blatchley, 1910)
  • Peltodytes pekinensis Vondel, 1992
  • Peltodytes quadratus Régimbart, 1895
  • Peltodytes rotundatus (Aubé, 1836)
  • Peltodytes sexmaculatus Roberts, 1913
  • Peltodytes shermani Roberts, 1913
  • Peltodytes simplex (LeConte, 1852)
  • Peltodytes sinensis (Hope, 1845)
  • Peltodytes speratus Régimbart, 1906
  • Peltodytes sumatrensis Régimbart, 1885
  • Peltodytes tamaulipensis Young, 1964
  • Peltodytes tortulosus Roberts, 1913

Peltodytes
Peltodytes caesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Haliplidae
Genus: Peltodytes
Régimbart, 1878

References

  1. Haliplidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 10 May 2012.


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