PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a

Asenjo, Angélico, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Chandler, Donald S., Fierros-López, Hugo Eduardo & Vieira, Juliana S., 2019, Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) in Latin America: synopsis, annotated catalog, diversity and distribution, Zootaxa 4621 (1), pp. 1-406 : 204-206

Subfamily PIESTINAE Erichson, 1839a

0709. Hypotelus Erichson, 1839a: 31 ( Figs. 86–87 )

Type species: Hypotelus pusillus Erichson, 1840

Antropiestus Bernhauer, 1917a: 45 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550]

Type species: Piestus andinus Bernhauer, 1917

Eccoptopiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 295 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 550]

Type species: Piestus laevis Solsky, 1872

13 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Erichson 1840: 840 (characters); Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key and characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 550 (characters); Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 456 (characters).

Key: Bortoluzzi et al. 2017: 458 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0710. Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806: 223 ( Figs. 88–90 )

Type species: Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, 1806

Elytropiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 294 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500]

Type species: Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917

Trachypiestus Scheerpeltz, 1952a: 291 [synonymized by Caron et al. 2012: 500]

Type species: Piestus angularis Fauvel, 1864

Trichocoryne Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1831: 306 [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126]

Type species: Zirophorus penicillatus Dalman, 1821

Zirophorus Dalman, 1821: 372 [synonymized by Laporte 1835: 126]

Type species: Zirophorus fronticornis Dalman, 1821

47 species are included in this genus from Latin America.

Characters/Description: Blackwelder 1943: 41 (characters in key), 43 (characters); Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key); Caron et al. 2012: 500 (characters); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (characters).

Key: Blackwelder 1943: 44 (species of the West Indies); Scheerpeltz 1951: 5 (species of Zirophorus ); Scheerpeltz 1952a: 282 (subgenera and species); Newton & Peck 2006: 141 (species of the Galapagos Isl.); Caron et al. 2012: 504 (species of the genus); Caron et al. 2013: 129 (species of the genus); Pérez et al. 2017: 422 (species of the genus).

Distribution.

West Indies: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Saint-Barthelemy, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Grenada, Trinidad-Tobago.

Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama.

South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Galapagos Isl., Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina.

Other regions: Nearctic.

0711. Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815 : pl.1 ( Fig. 91 )

Type species: Siagonium quadricorne Kirby & Spence, 1815

1 species is included in this genus from Central America.

Characters/Description: Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 207 (characters in key).

Distribution.

Central America: Mexico.

Other regions: Nearctic, Palaearctic.

Subfamily OSORIINAE Erichson, 1839a

Figures

FIGURES 76–87. Habitus; Aleocharinae (76–80); Scaphidiinae (81–85); Piestinae (86–87); 76, after Kistner 2006; 77, after Borgmeier 1950; 78, after Pace 2007; 79, after Kistner 2006; 80, after Pace 2014c; 81, after Matthews 1888; 82, after Fierros- Lopéz 2005; 83, after Fierros-Lopéz 2005; 84, after Fierros-Lopéz 2006; 85, after Matthews 1888; 86, after Bortoluzzi et al. 2017; 87, Peru: department of Cuzco (CEMT); slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.

FIGURES 88–99. Habitus; Piestinae (88–91); Osoriinae (92–99); 88, after Pérez et al. 2017; 89, Peru: department of Madre de Dios (MUSM); 90, Peru: department of Cuzco (MUSM); 91, after Brunke et al. 2011; 92, after Sharp 1887a; 93, after Sharp 1887a; 94, after Irmler 1991; 95, after Irmler 2001b; 96, after Bierig 1931; 97, after Sharp 1887a; 98, after Caron et al. 2012; 99, after Bruch 1942; slightly modified. Scale bars: 1 mm.