Peltodytes

Short description: Genus of beetles

Peltodytes

Peltodytes dispersus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Haliplidae
Genus:  | Peltodytes
Régimbart, 1878

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

## References

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

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* Peltodytes at Fauna Europaea

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