Piestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Piestinae |
| Genus: | Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806 |
Species edit
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 edit
- ^ "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.
Further reading edit
- Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
External links edit
Media related to Piestus at Wikimedia Commons
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