Peltis fraterna (Randall, 1838)

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

PeLtIS fRAteRNA Randall, 1838, New State Record

This species has a broad distribution west of the Great Plains in the northern United States, and in the north across Canada ( Barron 1996). Only four specimens from Montana were examined, and more can be expected throughout the NFM ecoregion .

County Records ( Fig. 2I ): Flathead (as Ostoma ferruginea in Russell 1968), Gallatin (3), Lake (1).

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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.