Peltinae Latreille, 1806, 1926

Kolibac, Jiri, 2013, Trogossitidae: A review of the beetle family, with a catalogue and keys, ZooKeys 366, pp. 1-194 : 79

Subfamily Peltinae Latreille, 1806

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

Peltinae Crowson, R. A. 1955: 82. Zherichin, V. V. 1978: 78 (unidentified remnants of two fossils, Turon; Kazachstan: Kzyl-Dzhar). Burakowski, B., Mroczkowski, M. & Stefanska, J. 1986: 121. Lawrence, J. F. & Newton, A. F., Jr. 1995: 868 (Kirby, W. 1837: 104 is considered the author of the family rank name). Klausnitzer, B. 1996: 145. Kolibáč, J. 2006: 125 (diagnosis). Barron, J. R. 1971: 11.

Key to tribes of Peltinae

1	Antenna 8-segmented; body surface with stout scale-like setae; wingless species with convex body	Colydiopeltini
-	Antenna 10- or 11-segmented; body surface without scales or scale-like setae; winged or wingless species with flat or convex or conglobate body	2
2	Body flat, relatively large (more than 8 mm). Larva without distinct urogomphi	Peltini
-	Body convex or conglobate, smaller (mostly less than 7 mm). Larva with distinct urogomphi	3
3	Adult: mandible without mola, with membranous penicillus; front coxae distinctly projecting. Larva: mandible without mola, with tridentate lacinia mobilis	Phloiophilini
-	Adult: mandible with mola, membranous penicillus absent; front coxae indistinctly projecting. Larva: mandible with mola, without distinct lacinia mobilis	Thymalini