Piestus heterocephalus

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 heterocephalus

Name

Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902: 22

• Type locality: Venezuela: Merida.

Synonymy

• Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902: 22 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1944: 100; Herman, 2001: 1791; Caron et al., 2008: 3
  • Piestus (Piestus) heterocephalus — Bernhauer & Schubert, 1910: 7; Scheerpeltz, 1952: 285

Native distribution areas

Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Venezuela (Mérida), Ecuador (Pichincha, Cotopaxi, El Oro).

References

Primary references

• Fauvel, A. 1902. Staphylinides exotiques nouveaux. Revue d’Entomologie 21: 8–37. BHL [original description: p. 22]

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, diagnosis, distribution, remarks: p. 512, figs. 15, 62, 162, 163, 252]
• Caron, E., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Newton, A.F. 2008. New position of an abdominal defensive gland complex in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) with redescription of Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902 (Piestinae). Zootaxa 1895: 1–9. Abstract Reference page.  [redescription, distribution, defensive abdominal gland complex: p. 3]