Peltis pippingskoeldi (Mannerheim, 1852)

Kippenhan, Michael G., 2022, The Bark-Gnawing Beetles of Montana, USA (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae, Peltidae, and Lophocateridae), Including New Substantial Distributional Records for Tenebroides collaris (Sturm), The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (4), pp. 569-576 : 574-575

PeLtIS pIppINgSkOeLDI Mannerheim, 1852, New State Record

Barron (1996) recorded the distribution of this species as “West of the Great Plains, British Columbia south to California, Arizona, and New Mexico ” and apparently was unaware of a Lake County, Montana record (Russell 1968). All Montana records are from west of the Continental Divide. Of the 31 specimens, only two were collected by Lindgren funnels with the other specimens apparently hand-collected .

County Records ( Fig. 2J ): Flathead (15), Lake (Russell 1968), Lincoln (7), Ravalli (5), Sanders (4).

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Fig. 2. Distribution of 12 species of bark-gnawing beetles by county in Montana.A) Calitys scabra, B) Corticotomus caviceps, C) Temnoscheila chlorodia, D) Tenebroides collaris, E) Tenebroides corticalis, F) Tenebroides crassicornis, G) Tenebroides occidentalis, H) Tenebroides sinuatus, I) Peltis fraterna, J) Peltis pippingskoeldi, K) Peltis septentrionalis, L) Eronyxa angusta.