Piestus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Piestinae
Genus: Piestus
Species: P. abdominalis – P. acuminatus – P. angularis – P. aper – P. bicornis – P. boliviensis – P. buquetii – P. capricornis – P. chiriquensis – P. chullachaqui – P. convexus – P. costatus – P. ecuadorensis – P. elegans – P. extimus – P. filicornis – P. formicinus – P. foveolatus – P. fronticornis – P. fulvipes – P. gounellei – P. heterocephalus – P. imperfectus – P. lacordairei – P. longicornis – P. longipennis – P. mexicanus – P. minutus – P. nevermanni – P. niger – P. paradoxus – P. penicillatus – P. pennicornis – P. planatus – P. puncticollis – P. pygmaeus – P. rossii – P. rugosus – P. similis – P. spinosus – P. sulcatus – P. sulcipennis – P. surrufus – P. termitis – P. validus – P. zischkai

Invalid species names: P. alternans – P. condei – P. crassicornis – P. erythropus – P. frontalis – P. furcatus – P. interruptus – P. laevis – P. muticus – P. nigrator – P. oxytelinus – P. plagiatus – P. pygialis – P. rectus – P. rufipennis – P. sanctaecatharinae – P. schadei – P. striatus – P. strigipennis – P. surinamensis – P. wasmanni
Name

Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806: 223

Type species: Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806, fixed by monotypy.

Synonymy

Zirophorus Dalman, 1821: 372 [new synonym in Laporte, 1835: 126]
Type species: Zirophorus fronticornis Dalman, 1821, fixed by subsequent designation by Crotch, 1870.
Piestus (Zirophorus) — Scheerpeltz, 1951: 5
Irenaeus Latreille, 1829: 438 [cited as a synonym of Zirophorus]; Lacordaire, 1854: 127 [synonym of Piestus]
Trichocoryne Gray, 1832: 306 [new synonym in Herman, 2001: 1788]
Type species: Zirophorus penicillatus Dalman, 1821, fixed by subsequent designation by Blackwelder 1943.
Tricoryna Laporte, 1835: 126 [synonym of Piestus, attributed to Gray, but evident misspelling of Trichocoryne]
Trachypiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952: 291 [as subgenus of Piestus]
Type species: Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864, fixed by original designation.
Elytropiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952: 294 [as subgenus of Piestus]
Type species: Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917, fixed by original designation & monotypy.

References
Primary references

Gravenhorst, J.L.C. 1806. Monographia Coleopterorum Micropterorum. Gottingae: Henricus Dieterich, 236 + [12] pp. [original description: p. 223]

Additional references

Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Cladistic analysis and revision of Piestus Gravenhorst with remarks on related genera (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Invertebrate systematics 25(6): 490–585. DOI: 10.1071/IS10016 Reference page.
Perez, L., Rodríguez, M. & Asenjo, A. 2017. A new Peruvian species and new records of the genus Piestus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 4303(3): 417–426. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.7. Reference page.

Piestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Piestus:

Piestus acuminatus
Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864
Piestus aper Sharp, 1876
Piestus boliviensis
Piestus buquetii Fauvel, 1864
Piestus capricornis Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
Piestus chullachaqui Pérez, Rodríguez & Asenjo, 2017
Piestus convexus
Piestus ecuadorensis
Piestus extimus Sharp, 1887
Piestus formicinus
Piestus foveolatus
Piestus fronticornis (Dalman, 1821)
Piestus fulvipes Erichson, 1840
Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902
Piestus imperfectus
Piestus lacordairei Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
Piestus longicornis (Lacordaire, 1833)
Piestus longipennis Fauvel, 1864
Piestus mexicanus Laporte, 1835
Piestus minutus Erichson, 1840
Piestus penicillatus (Dalman, 1821)
Piestus pennicornis Fauvel, 1864
Piestus pygmaeus Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
Piestus serrufus
Piestus similis
Piestus spinosus (Fabricius, 1801)
Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806
Piestus surrufus Caron, 2012
Piestus termitis
Piestus validus Sharp.These, 1876

References

"Piestus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
"Piestus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

"Piestus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.