Piestus chiriquensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

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

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Piestinae
Genus: Piestus
Species: Piestus chiriquensis

Name

Piestus chiriquensis Sharp, 1887: 715

• Type locality: ‘Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 4000 feet’.
• Syntype: FMNH, sex undetermined, ex. D. Sharp Colln.

Synonymy

• Piestus chiriquensis Sharp, 1887: 715 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1944: 100 [distribution]; Herman, 2001: 1790 [distribution]
  • Piestus (Piestus) chiriquensis — Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz, 1910: 7 [distribution]
  • Piestus (Trachypiestus) chiriquensis — Scheerpeltz, 1952: 294 [characters, distribution]

Native distribution areas

Nicaragua (Río San Juan), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Alajuela, Heredia, San José, Cartago, Limón, Puntarenas), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí, Panamá, Darién), Colombia (Cundinamarca, Nariño), Venezuela (Lara), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Sucumbios, Pichincha, Napo, Cotopaxi, Tungurahua), Peru (Huánuco, Cusco), Bolivia (Cochabamba).

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1887. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 673–824, pls. 18–19]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. xvi + 824 pp. + 18 pl. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 715]

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.  [material, redescription, distribution, remarks: p. 543, figs. 46, 94, 230, 231, 280]