Piestus zischkai

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 zischkai

Name

Piestus zischkai Scheerpeltz, 1951: 4

• Type locality: Yungas del Palmar, 200 m.
• Lectotype: NMW, ♂, 15.III.1951, leg R. Zischka. [designated in Caron et al., 2012: 517]

Synonymy

• Piestus (Zirophorus) zischkai Scheerpeltz, 1951: 4 [original description]; Scheerpeltz, 1952: 282 [characters, distribution]
  • Piestus zischkai — Herman, 2001: 1795 [distribution]; Caron et al., 2012: 517

Native distribution areas

Ecuador (Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru, Bolivia.

References

Primary references

• Scheerpeltz, O. 1951. Los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) encontrados en Bolivia por el Sr. Rodolfo Zischka. Folia Universitaria 5(5): 1–16. [original description: p. 4]

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.  [lectotype, material, redescription, distribution, remarks: p. 517, figs. 21, 68, 69, 176–178]