Piestus abdominalis

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 abdominalis

Name

Piestus abdominalis Caron, Ribeiro-Costa & Newton, 2012: 527

• Type locality: MEXICO: Chiapas, Union Juarez, n.v. slope, Volcan Tacapa, Rio de Finca Muxbal (Guat.), 1430 m.
• Holotype: AMNH, ♂, 21 Dec 1976, H. Frania D. Proctor.

Native distribution areas

Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala (Chimaltenango).

References

Primary 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.  [original description: p. 527, figs. 32, 80, 198, 199, 265]