Peltodytes rotundatus
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Peltodytes rotundatus is a beetle from the family of water treaders (Haliplidae).
features
The beetles look very similar to the oval water treadmill ( Peltodytes caesus ), but differ from this species by their significantly shorter and almost round body shape. The wings are only slightly longer than they are wide.
Occurrence and way of life
The species is distributed in the Mediterranean from Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Corsica, mainland Italy via Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia to Albania and Greece as well as France.
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literature
- Adolf Horion : Faunistics of the German beetles. Volume 1: Adephaga - Caraboidea. Hans Goecke, Krefeld 1941.
- Edmund Reitter : Fauna Germanica. The beetles of the German Reich (= digital library . 134). Neusatz and facsimile of the 5-volume edition Stuttgart 1908 to 1916. Directmedia Publishing, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89853-534-7 .