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Piestus
Sign in to savePiestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.
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It is catalogued under the topic Piestinae.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 397
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Staphylinidae
- Collections
- UTC, KU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia, Venezuela
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- Piestus
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Piestus is a genus of flat rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are more than 30 described species in Piestus.
==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
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