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Peltodytes

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

Peltodytes is a genus of beetle 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]

References

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