Peltis
Peltis is a genus of beetles found in North America and Europe, and the sole member of the family Peltidae, formerly included in the Trogossitidae.[1][2][3][4] Members of this genus are dark, averaging from brown, to dark brown, to black. They are small, wide, and flat-bodied with wide, ridged elytra. Fossil species of this genus are known from the Eocene aged Florissant Formation of the United States, as well as the Baltic amber of Europe.
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| Peltis grossa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Superfamily: | Cleroidea |
| Family: | Peltidae Latreille, 1806 |
| Genus: | Peltis Müller, 1764 |
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Other species considered to belong to the family include Juralithinus from the Late Jurassic Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan, and Palaeoendomychus from the Early Cretaceous aged Laiyang Formation, China.
References
- Gimmel, M.L., Bocakova, M., Gunter, N.L. and Leschen, R.A. (2019) Comprehensive phylogeny of the Cleroidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia). Syst Entomol, 44: 527-558. doi:10.1111/syen.12338
- "Peltis (1PETSG)[Overview] : EPPO Global Database". gd.eppo.int. EPPO Code, EPPO. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- Prochazka, Jiri; Kment, Petr; Németh, Tamás; Kolibac, Jiri (2017-08-16). "New data on the distribution of Peltis grossa and P. gigantea (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)". Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae. pp. 25–33. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
- "Peltis grossa (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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