21. PIESTUS Gravenhorst, 1806: 223

Piestus minutus Erichson, 1840: 834 [ Piestus]

Piestus nigrator Fauvel, 1902: 24 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 529]

Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Cuba, Dominica, Granada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Locality records: USULUTÁN: El Triunfo [El Trinufo, in error] Caron et al. 2012: 576; WITHOUT SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT: Without specific locality Asenjo et al. 2013: 146

Topographic zone: Interior valley.