Piestinae

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.

  Systematics

• Hypotelus Erichson, 1839 ^{i c g}
• Piestus Gravenhorst, 1806 ^{i c g b}
• Siagonium Kirby & Spence, 1815 ^{i c g b}