Piestus
Genus of beetles
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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.[1][2][3]
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| Piestus extimus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Staphylinidae |
| Subfamily: | Piestinae |
| Genus: | Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806 |
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
