Peltodytes beetle native to the Nearctic, Europe , the Near East , and North Africa . Peltodytes can generally be differentiated from the similar Haliplus by the presence of a pair of spots on the posterior margin of the pronotum. The genus Peltodytes contains the following species:
Peltodytes alluaudi Guignot, 1936 Peltodytes bradleyi Young, 1961 Peltodytes caesus (Duftschmid, 1805) Peltodytes callosus (LeConte, 1852) Peltodytes congoensis Zimmermann, 1924 Peltodytes coomani Peschet, 1923 Peltodytes darlingtoni Young, 1961 Peltodytes dauricus Zimmermann, 1924 Peltodytes dietrichi Young, 1961 Peltodytes dispersus Roberts, 1913 Peltodytes dunavani Young, 1961 Peltodytes duodecimpunctatus (Say, 1823) Peltodytes edentulus (LeConte, 1863) Peltodytes festivus (Wehncke, 1876) Peltodytes floridensis Matheson, 1912 Peltodytes intermedius (Sharp, 1873) Peltodytes lengi Roberts, 1913 Peltodytes litoralis Matheson, 1912 Peltodytes mexicanus (Wehncke, 1883) Peltodytes muticus (LeConte, 1863) Peltodytes nodieri Guignot, 1936 Peltodytes oppositus Roberts, 1913 Peltodytes ovalis Zimmermann, 1924 Peltodytes pedunculatus (Blatchley, 1910) Peltodytes pekinensis Vondel, 1992 Peltodytes quadratus Régimbart, 1895 Peltodytes rotundatus (Aubé, 1836) Peltodytes sexmaculatus Roberts, 1913 Peltodytes shermani Roberts, 1913 Peltodytes simplex (LeConte, 1852) Peltodytes sinensis (Hope, 1845) Peltodytes speratus Régimbart, 1906 Peltodytes sumatrensis Régimbart, 1885 Peltodytes tamaulipensis Young, 1964 Peltodytes tortulosus Roberts, 1913 
