Piestus extimus

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 extimus

Name

Piestus extimus Sharp, 1887: 713

• Type locality: Mexico, Pinos Altos in Chihuahua.
• Holotype: BMNH, ♀.

Synonymy

• Piestus extimus Sharp, 1887: 713 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1944: 100 [distribution]; Newton et al. 2000: 376 [distribution, biological notes]; Herman, 2001: 1791 [distribution]; Navarrete-Heredia et al., 2002: 208 [distribution]
  • Piestus (Piestus) extimus — Bernhauer & Schubert, 1910: 7 [distribution]; Scheerpeltz, 1952: 290 [characters, distribution]

Native distribution areas

USA (Arizona), Mexico (Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco, México, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Chihuahua, Sonora).

References

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1887. Fam. Staphylinidae (in part) [pp. 673–824, pls. 18–19]. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 1(2). Taylor and Francis, London. xvi + 824 pp. + 18 pl. BHL Reference page.  [original description: p. 713]

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, redescription, distribution, remarks: p. 524, figs. 29, 77, 192, 193, 262]