Piestus fronticornis ( Dalman 1821: 373 )

Asenjo, Angélico, e, Sistemática, de, Bioecologia, Coleoptera, Zoologia, Federal, Universidade, Cep, Curitiba, Irmler, Ulrich, Klimaszewski, Jan, Herman, Lee H. & Chandler, Donald S., 2013, A complete checklist with new records and geographical distribution of the rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Brazil, Insecta Mundi 2013 (277), pp. 1-419 : 146-147

Piestus fronticornis ( Dalman 1821: 373)

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama.

Brazilian Biome. Amazon forest.

Locality records. AMAZONAS: BR 174 [Federal road] _km 34 Caron et al. 2012: 573. Manaus Caron et al. 2012: 573. Reserva Ducke Caron et al. 2012: 573. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 520. AMAPÁ: Serra do Navio Caron et al. 2012: 573. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 520. PARÁ: Canindé Caron et al. 2012: 573. Fazenda Taperinha Caron et al. 2012: 573. Tiriós Caron et al. 2012: 573. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 520. WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATE: Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 573.

Piestus gounellei Fauvel 1902: 24

Distribution. Brazil.

Brazilian Biome. Atlantic forest.

Locality records. ESPÍRITO SANTO: Domingos Martins Caron et al. 2012: 581. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 536. MINAS GERAIS: Serra do Caraça Caron et al. 2012: 535; Fauvel 1902: 25; Herman 2001c: 1791. PARANÁ: Mananciais da SerraCaron et al. 2012: 581. Morretes Caron et al. 2012: 581. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 536. RIO DE JANEIRO: Macaé de Cima Caron et al. 2012: 581. Nova Friburgo Caron et al. 2012: 581. Represa do Rio Grande Caron et al. 2012: 581. Colonia alpina Caron et al. 2012: 535; Fauvel 1902: 25; Herman 2001c: 1795. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 536, 581. SANTA CATARINA : Blumenau Caron et al. 2012: 581. Nova Teutônia Caron et al. 2012: 581 . Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 536. SÃO PAULO : Casa Grande Caron et al. 2012: 581 . São José do Barreiro Caron et al. 2012: 581. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 536, 581. WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATE: Without specific locality Bernhauer and Schubert 1910: 7; Blackwelder 1944: 100, 101; Scheerpeltz 1952: 285.

Piestus lacordairei Laporte 1835: 129

Distribution. Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

Brazilian Biome. Amazon forest.

Locality records. PARÁ: Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 512, 570. RONDÔNIA: Cacaulândia Caron et al. 2012: 512. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 570.

Piestus mexicanus Laporte de Castelnau 1835: 130

Distribution. Brazil?, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Santo Domingo.

Brazilian Biome. Atlantic forest.

Locality records. SANTA CATARINA : Without specific locality Fauvel 1865b: 34; Sharp 1887a: 714. WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATE: Without specific locality Bernhauer and Schubert 1910: 7; Blackwelder 1944: 100; Herman 2001c: 1792; Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 208; Newton et al. 2005: 37; Scheerpeltz 1952: 287.

Piestus minutus Erichson 1840: 834

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

Brazilian Biome. Amazon forest, Atlantic forest, Savannah.

Locality records. AMAZONAS: Benjamin Constant Caron et al. 2012: 578. Igarapé Belém Caron et al. 2012: 578. Manaus Caron et al. 2012: 578. Tefé [Ega] Sharp 1876c: 407. Without specific local- ity Caron et al. 2012: 529; Bernhauer and Schubert 1910: 7; Fauvel 1901b: 71; Scheerpeltz 1952: 291;

Sharp 1887a: 713. GOIÁS: Jataí Caron et al. 2012: 578. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529. MARANHÃO: Aldeia Araçu Caron et al. 2012: 578. PARÁ: Canindé Caron et al. 2012: 578. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529; Fauvel 1901b: 71; Sharp 1876c: 407. RIO GRANDE DO SUL: Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529, 578. RONDÔNIA: Campus da UNIR Caron et al. 2012: 578. Reserva INPA-Ceplac Caron et al. 2012: 578. Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529. SANTA CATARINA : Nova Teutônia Caron et al. 2012: 578 . Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529. SÃO PAULO : Without specific locality Caron et al. 2012: 529, 578. WITHOUT SPECIFIC STATE: Without specific locality Blackwelder 1944: 100; Herman 2001c: 1792; Navarrete-Heredia et al. 2002: 208; J. Guérin 1953: 45; Newton et al. 2005: 37; Scheerpeltz 1952: 291.