PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 204-206

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4621.1.1

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PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a
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Subfamily PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a View in CoL

0709. Hypotelus Erichson, 1839a: 31 ( Figs. 86–87 View FIGURES 76–87 )

Type species: Hypotelus pusillus Erichson, 1840

Antropiestus Bernhauer, 1917a: 45 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550]

Type species: Piestus andinus Bernhauer, 1917

Eccoptopiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 295 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550]

Type species: Piestus laevis Solsky, 1872

13 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Erichson 1840: 840 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key and characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 550 (characters); Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 456 (characters).

Key: Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 458 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0710. Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806: 223 ( Figs. 88–90 View FIGURES 88–99 )

Type species: Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806

Elytropiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 294 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500]

Type species: Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917

Trachypiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 291 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500]

Type species: Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864

Trichocoryne Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 306 View in CoL [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126]

Type species: Zirophorus penicillatus Dalman, 1821

Zirophorus Dalman, 1821: 372 View in CoL [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126]

Type species: Zirophorus fronticornis Dalman, 1821

47 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key), 43 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 500 (characters); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (characters).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 44 (species of the West Indies); Scheerpeltz 1951: 5 (species of Zirophorus ); Scheerpeltz 1952a: 282 (subgenera and species); Newton & Peck 2006: 141 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Caron et al. 2012: 504 (species of the genus); Caron et al. 2013: 129 (species of the genus); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0711. Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815 : pl.1 ( Fig. 91 View FIGURES 88–99 )

Type species: Siagonium quadricorne Kirby & Spence, 1815

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

Subfamily OSORIINAE Erichson, 1839a View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Loc

PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S. 2019
2019
Loc

Eccoptopiestus

Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. & Newton, A. F. 2012: 550
Scheerpeltz, O. 1952: 295
1952
Loc

Elytropiestus

Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. & Newton, A. F. 2012: 500
Scheerpeltz, O. 1952: 294
1952
Loc

Trachypiestus

Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. & Newton, A. F. 2012: 500
Scheerpeltz, O. 1952: 291
1952
Loc

Antropiestus

Caron, E. & Ribeiro-Costa, C. S. & Newton, A. F. 2012: 550
Bernhauer, M. 1917: 45
1917
Loc

Trichocoryne Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 306

Laporte, F. L. 1835: 126
Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1831: 306
1831
Loc

Zirophorus

Laporte, F. L. 1835: 126
Dalman, J. W. 1821: 372
1821
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