Peltodytes rotundatus (Aubé, 1836), Aube, 1836

Van Vondel, Bernhard J., Ostovan, Hadi & Ghahari, Hassan, 2017, An annotated checklist of Iranian Myxophaga (Hydroscaphidae, Sphaeriusidae) and Adephaga (Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Rhysodidae) (Insecta: Coleoptera), Zootaxa 4216 (3), pp. 225-246 : 237

Peltodytes rotundatus (Aubé, 1836)

Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2011).

General distribution. Albania, Algeria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Morocco, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, former Yugoslavia ( Vondel 2005), Switzerland, Montenegro ( Vondel 2013), Iran ( Ghahari & Jedryczkowski 2011).

Comments. Living among filamentous algae in lakes, pools, ponds, rivers, marshes, brooks, streamlets. Prefers running water. Among vegetation of Utricularia and Nuphar ( Vondel 1997) . Also found in hot springs ( Incekara 2007).