Piestus spinosus (Fabricius, 1801)

Pérez, Luis, Rodríguez, Maryzender & Asenjo, Angélico, 2017, A new Peruvian species and new records of the genus Piestus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Zootaxa 4303 (3), pp. 417-426 : 425

Piestus spinosus (Fabricius, 1801)

FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne. The Nouragues natural reserve, Saut Pararé, 04°02’17.1”N, 52°40’22.3”W, 80m, 24.vii.2009, S. Brûlé, P.H. Dalens, E. Poirier (1 ex. CEMT) . The Nouragues natural reserve, Saut Pararé, 04°02’17.1”N, 52°40’22.3”W, 80m, vii.2009, S. Brûlé, P.H. Dalens, E. Poirier (2 ex. CEMT) . The Nouragues natural reserve, Saut Pararé, 04°02’17.1”N, 52°40’22.3”W, 80m, 20.x.2009, S. Brûlé, P.H. Dalens, E. Poirier (1 ex. CEMT) . The Nouragues natural reserve, Saut Pararé, 04°02’17.1”N, 52°40’22.3”W, 80m, 30.ix.2009, S. Brûlé, P.H. Dalens, E. Poirier (1 ex. CEMT) . PERU: Madre de Dios. Río Los Amigos, CICRA, 12°34’S, 70°05’W, 280 m, 11.ix.2006, R. Leite leg. (3 ex. MUSM) . Río Los Amigos , CICRA, Plataforma trail [on 1250m], 12°33’S, 70°06’W, 276m, 3.viii.2006, under bark, A. Asenjo (2 ex. MUSM) . Tambopata Prov. , 15 km NE Puerto Maldonado, 17.vii.1989, J.S. Ashe & R.A. Leschen leg. (3 ex. MUSM) .

Note: In doing this work, we found an unusual record of this species from department of Lima (Salinas) in Peru ( Caron et al. 2012: 571). We think that this record does not match with the habitat of the species. The department of Lima belongs to the Desert province as defined by Morrone (2014, 2015) and the species has as inhabits tropical forests ( Caron et al. 2012). Others specimens were collected in Peru (Loreto, Huánuco, Junín, Ucayali and Cuzco) in tropical forests. Madre de Dios is a new department record. The species was previously known from Cayenne in French Guiana.