Piestus costatus

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 costatus

Name

Piestus costatus Sharp, 1887: 715

• Type locality: ‘Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet’.
• Holotype: BMNH, ♀, Sharp Coll. 1905-313.

Synonymy

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

Native distribution areas

Costa Rica (San José, Cartago, Puntarenas), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriquí).

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. 542, figs. 45, 93, 228, 229, 279]