Genus
Peltis
Peltis pippingskoeldi. Photo: (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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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