Piestus paradoxus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
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 paradoxus

Name

Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917: 45

  • Type locality: ‘Caracas’.
  • Holotype: FMNH, ♀, M. Bernhauer Collection.

Synonymy

  • Piestus paradoxus Bernhauer, 1917: 45 [original description]; Blackwelder, 1944: 100 [distribution]; Herman, 2001: 1793 [distribution]; Caron et al., 2012: 544
    • Piestus (Piestus) paradoxus — Scheerpeltz, 1952: 994 [distribution]
    • Piestus (Elytropiestus) paradoxus — Scheerpeltz, 1952: 294 [characters, distribution]

Native distribution areas

Venezuela (Aragua).

References

Primary references

  • Bernhauer, M. 1917. Neue Arten der Gattungen Piestus, Leptochirus und Conosoma aus Südamerika. Neue Beiträge zur systematischen Insektenkunde 1: 45–48, 49–53. [original description: p. 45]

Additional references

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