Peltini Latreille, 1806, 2012

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 81

Tribe Peltini Latreille, 1806

Peltini Latreille, P. A. 1806: 8, 1825.

Type genus.

Peltis O. F. Müller, 1764

Hunt, T. et al. 2007: 1915 ( Peltinae ) (molecular phylogeny). Kolibáč, J. 2006: 125 (diagnosis, phylogeny). Kolibáč, J. 2007a: 366. Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A. F., Jr. 1995: 868 (Kirby, W. 1837: 104 is considered the author of the family rank name). Ślipiński, S. A. 1992: 442 ( Peltinae )

Remarks.

The single genus Peltis exhibits a noteworthy mixture of the both advanced and primitive morphological features. However, some of the derived, especially larval, character states may considered as various kinds of reduction. A few species of Peltis are highly adapted to a hidden way of life under tree bark or in rotten wood: they are flattened and slow-moving, their robust mandibles have distinct mola, and the larval urogomphi are strongly reduced. The outer appearance is similar to that in Calitys , while some details of both adult and larval morphology (for example the gular appendages in the larval cranium) resemble Thymalus . The synonymization of Zimioma with Peltis is undeniable. Apart from body size, there is no morphological character to distinguish between the two genera.