Piestinae are a subfamily of Staphylinidae.Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.
Anatomy Body elongate and depressed, abdomen parallel-sided. Antennae inserted under shelf-like corners of frons Tarsi 5-5-5
Ecology Habitat: many species under bark of decaying trees. Collection method: barking. Biology: some are saprophages or mycophages.
Genera There are several genera in Piestinae: Eupiestus Kraatz, 1859 Hypotelus Erichson, 1839 i c g Parasiagonum Steel, 1950 g Piestoneus Sharp, 1889 g Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806 i c g b Prognathoides Steel, 1950 Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815 i c g b †Eopiestus Cai, Chen-Yang & Liang Lü, 2017 †Paleosiagonium Yue, Yanli, Junjie Gu, Qing Yang, Jinmin Wang & Dong Ren, 2016 †Propiestus Yamamoto, Caron & Bortoluzzi, 2018 Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References Newton, A. F., Jr., M. K. Thayer, J. S. Ashe, and D. S. Chandler. 2001. 22. Staphylinidae Latreille, 1802. p. 272–418. In: R. H. Arnett, Jr., and M. C. Thomas (eds.). American beetles, Volume 1. CRC Press; Boca Raton, Florida. ix + 443 p.
References
External links
Piestinae at Bugguide.net.