Piestus planatus

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 planatus

Name

Piestus planatus (Sharp, 1887: 711)

• Type locality: Mexico, Cordova; British Honduras, R. Sarstoon; Guatemala, Sinanja; Nicaragua, Chontales; Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 2000 to 3000 feet.

Synonymy

• Zirophorus planatus Sharp, 1887: 711 [original description]
  • Piestus (Zirophorus) planatus — Bernhauer & Schubert, 1910: 6; Scheerpeltz, 1951: 7; Scheerpeltz, 1952: 283
  • Piestus planatus — Blackwelder, 1944: 101; Herman, 2001: 1793; Navarrete-Heredia et al., 2002: 209

Native distribution areas

Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, Guerrero and Oaxaca), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Nicaragua (Río San Juan), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Limón), Panama (Colón, Darién) Ecuador (Esmeraldas), Belize.

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. 711]

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. 514, figs. 18, 65, 168, 169, 254]