Peltis

Peltis grossa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cleroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Superfamilia: Cleroidea

Familia: Peltidae
Genus: Peltis
Species: P. columbiana – P. ferruginea – P. gigantea – P. grossa – P. jakowlewi – P. pippingskoeldi – P. valida – †P. antehercynica – †P. constulata – †P. laminata – †P. minuscula

Ostoma species (to check): O. bipustulatum – O. colon – O. discoideum

Name

Peltis Kugelann, 1792: 504

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1754 (ICZN, 1994).

Gender: feminine

Type species: Silpha grossa Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Hope, 1840

Synonyms

• Peltis Müller, 1764: xiii [suppressed name]
• Ostoma Laicharting, 1781 [syn.: Kolibáč, 2005: 76]
  • Gender: neuter (Code Art. 30.1.2)
  • Type species: Silpha ferruginea Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Stephens 1830
• Gaurambe C.G. Thomson, 1862
  • Type species: Silpha ferruginea Linnaeus, 1758
• Zimioma Gozis, 1886
  • Type species: Silpha grossa Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

• ICZN 1994. Opinion 1754. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouve aux environs de Paris (Geoffroy, 1762): some generic names conserved (Crustacea, Insecta). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(1): 58–70. BHL. Reference page. 
• Kolibáč, J. 2005. A review of the Trogositidae [Trogossitidae]. Part 1: Morphology of the genera (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Entomologica Basiliensia et Collectionis Frey 27: 39–159. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kugelann, J.G. 1792. Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Käfer-Arten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Neuestes Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie 1(4): 477–512. Google Books
• Laicharting, J.N. von 1781. Verzeichniß und Beschreibung der Tyroler-Insecten. I. Theil. Käferartige Insecten. I. Band. Zürich, Johann Caspar Füessly, i–xii + 1–248. (German) Online. BHL. Reference page. 
• Müller, O.F. 1764. Fauna insectorum fridrichsdalina, sive Methodica descriptio insectorum agri fridrichsdalensis, cum characteribus genericis et specificis, nominibus trivialibus, locis natalibus, iconibus allegatis, novisque pluribus speciebus additis. xxiv + 96. Hafniae et Lipsiae [Copenhagen & Leipzig]: Frid. Gleditsch. Internet Archive Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kolibáč, J. 2013. Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys. ZooKeys 366: 1–194. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.366.6172 . Reference page. 
• Kolibáč, J., Adroit, B., Gröning, E., Brauckmann, C. & Wappler, T. 2016. First record of the family Trogossitidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) in the Late Pliocene deposits of Willershausen (Germany). PalZ 90: 681–689. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-016-0316-6 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Peltis Taxon details on Fauna Europaea