| Piestus | |
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| Piestus extimus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Family: | Staphylinidae | 
| Subfamily: | Piestinae | 
| Genus: | Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806  | 
Piestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.[1][2][3]
Species
These 31 species belong to the genus Piestus:
- Piestus acuminatus
 - Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864
 - Piestus aper Sharp, 1876
 - Piestus boliviensis
 - Piestus buquetii Fauvel, 1864
 - Piestus capricornis Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
 - Piestus chullachaqui Pérez, Rodríguez & Asenjo, 2017
 - Piestus convexus
 - Piestus ecuadorensis
 - Piestus extimus Sharp, 1887
 - Piestus formicinus
 - Piestus foveolatus
 - Piestus fronticornis (Dalman, 1821)
 - Piestus fulvipes Erichson, 1840
 - Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902
 - Piestus imperfectus
 - Piestus lacordairei Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
 - Piestus longicornis (Lacordaire, 1833)
 - Piestus longipennis Fauvel, 1864
 - Piestus mexicanus Laporte, 1835
 - Piestus minutus Erichson, 1840
 - Piestus penicillatus (Dalman, 1821)
 - Piestus pennicornis Fauvel, 1864
 - Piestus pygmaeus Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
 - Piestus serrufus
 - Piestus similis
 - Piestus spinosus (Fabricius, 1801)
 - Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806
 - Piestus surrufus Caron, 2012
 - Piestus termitis
 - Piestus validus Sharp.These, 1876
 
References
- ↑ "Piestus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 - ↑ "Piestus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 - ↑ "Piestus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
 
Further reading
- Frank, J. H.; Ahn, K. J. (2011). "Coastal Staphylinidae (Coleoptera): A worldwide checklist, biogeography and natural history". ZooKeys (107): 1–98. doi:10.3897/zookeys.107.1651. PMC 3392188. PMID 22792029.
 - Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2015). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5.
 
External links
 Media related to Piestus at Wikimedia Commons
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