''Peltodytes'' is a genus of water

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which is native to the

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, the

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, and

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

External links

''Peltodytes'' at Fauna Europaea
Haliplidae Beetles described in 1878 {{Haliplidae-stub