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Peltis
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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. 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.

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9 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Peltis ferruginea

speciesPeltis ferruginea

Peltis grossa

speciesPeltis grossa

Pippingsköld's Bark-gnawing Beetle

speciesPeltis pippingskoeldi

Peltis septentrionalis

speciesPeltis septentrionalis

Peltis fraterna

speciesPeltis fraterna

Peltis gigantea

speciesPeltis gigantea

Peltis oblonga

speciesPeltis oblonga

Peltis quadrilineata

speciesPeltis quadrilineata

Peltis columbiana

speciesPeltis columbiana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 458278.