Piestus

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

Piestus
Piestus extimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Piestinae
Genus: Piestus
Gravenhorst, 1806

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

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

Further reading

  • Media related to Piestus at Wikimedia Commons


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