Saprinus

Genus of beetles

Saprinus
Saprinus ornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Saprininae
Genus: Saprinus
Erichson, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Phaonius Reichardt, 1941
Saprinus splendens
Saprinus semistriatus, UK
Saprinus detritus, New Zealand


Saprinus is a genus of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae. There are more than 200 described species in Saprinus. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.[2][3]

Species

These 208 species belong to Saprinus.[2]

  • Saprinus aberlenci Gomy & Vienna, 1994
  • Saprinus acilinea Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Saprinus addendus Dahlgren, 1964
  • Saprinus aegialius Reitter, 1884
  • Saprinus aegyptiacus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus aeneolus Marseul, 1870
  • Saprinus aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Saprinus aequalis Walker, 1871
  • Saprinus aeratus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus africanus Dahlgren, 1969
  • Saprinus algericus (Paykull, 1811)
  • Saprinus alienus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus amethystinus Lewis, 1900
  • Saprinus apteli Chobaut, 1922
  • Saprinus artensis Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus auricollis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus austerus Reichardt, 1930
  • Saprinus australis (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Saprinus basalis Fairmaire, 1898
  • Saprinus beduinus Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus bicolor (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
  • Saprinus bicoloroides Dahlgren, 1964
  • Saprinus biguttatus (Steven, 1806)
  • Saprinus bimaculatus Dahlgren, 1964
  • Saprinus biplagiatus Ballion, 1871
  • Saprinus bispeculatus Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus blissonii Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus bousaadensis Dahlgren, 1974
  • Saprinus brenskei Reitter, 1884
  • Saprinus brunnivestis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus buqueti Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803)
  • Saprinus calatravensis Fuente, 1899
  • Saprinus cariniceps Müller, G., 1944
  • Saprinus cavalieri Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus centralis Dahlgren, 1971
  • Saprinus chalcites (Illiger, 1807)
  • Saprinus chathamensis Lackner & Leschen, 2017
  • Saprinus chiliensis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus ciliatoides Fall, 1917
  • Saprinus ciliatus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus coerulescens LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus concinnus (Gebler, 1830)
  • Saprinus confalonierii Müller, G., 1933
  • Saprinus corpulentus (Motschulsky, 1845)
  • Saprinus cribellatus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus cruciatus (Fabricius, 1792)
  • Saprinus crypticus Dahlgren, 1967
  • Saprinus cupratus Kolenati, 1846
  • Saprinus cupreus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Saprinus cyprius Dahlgren, 1981
  • Saprinus dahlgreni Vienna, 1996
  • Saprinus delta Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus desertoides McGrath & Hatch, 1941
  • Saprinus detersus (Illiger, 1807)
  • Saprinus detritus (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Saprinus diptychus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus discoidalis LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus distinctus (Dégallier, 1993)
  • Saprinus distinguendus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus divergens Dahlgren, 1967
  • Saprinus diversegenitalis Olexa, 1992
  • Saprinus dussaulti Marseul, 1870
  • Saprinus effusus Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus erbilensis Abdulla, Ahmmed, Mawlood & Omar., 2021
  • Saprinus erichsonii Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus exiguus Vienna, 1993
  • Saprinus externus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1824)
  • Saprinus falcifer (Lewis, 1891)
  • Saprinus fallaciosus Müller, G., 1937
  • Saprinus felipae Lewis, 1913
  • Saprinus figuratus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus fimbriatus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus flavipennis Péringuey, 1885
  • Saprinus fraterculus Müller, G., 1944
  • Saprinus fraudulentus Müller, G., 1944
  • Saprinus frontistrius Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus fulgidicollis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus fulgidus LeConte, J. E., 1860
  • Saprinus funebris Vienna, 1996
  • Saprinus furvus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus gageti Peyerimhoff, 1943
  • Saprinus gambiensis Dahlgren, 1972
  • Saprinus georgicus Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus gilvicornis Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus godet (Brullé, 1832)
  • Saprinus goergeni Gomy, 2000
  • Saprinus graculus Reichardt, 1929
  • Saprinus grandiclava Kanaar, 1989
  • Saprinus guyanensis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus hansmuhlei Gomy & Vienna, 2012
  • Saprinus havajirii Kapler, 2000
  • Saprinus hidalgo (Mazur, 1990)
  • Saprinus himalajicus Dahlgren, 1971
  • Saprinus ignotus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus immundus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
  • Saprinus imperfectus LeConte, J. E., 1844
  • Saprinus impressus LeConte, J. E., 1844
  • Saprinus inausus Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus infimus Vienna, 1997
  • Saprinus inflatus Vienna, 1981
  • Saprinus interruptus (Paykull, 1811)
  • Saprinus intractabilis Reichardt, 1929
  • Saprinus intricatus Erichson, 1843
  • Saprinus intritus Casey, 1893
  • Saprinus jacobsoni Reichardt, 1923
  • Saprinus kaszabianus Dahlgren, 1971
  • Saprinus labordei Lackner & Gomy, 2016
  • Saprinus laciniatus Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus laetus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus lateralis Motschulsky, 1849
  • Saprinus lautus Erichson, 1839
  • Saprinus lepidulus Broun, 1881
  • Saprinus lopatini Kryzhanovskij & Tishechkin, 1994
  • Saprinus lubricus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus lucemseductus Kanaar, 2008
  • Saprinus lugens Erichson, 1834 (Clown beetle)
  • Saprinus lutshniki Kryzhanovskij, 1976
  • Saprinus maculatus (Rossi, P., 1792)
  • Saprinus magnoguttatus Müller, G., 1937
  • Saprinus martini Fall, 1917
  • Saprinus melas Küster, 1849
  • Saprinus mirabilis (Vienna, 1994)
  • Saprinus moyses Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus multistriatus Roth, 1851
  • Saprinus namibiensis Thérond & Vienna, 1983
  • Saprinus neglectus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus niger Motschulsky, 1849
  • Saprinus niponicus Dahlgren, 1962
  • Saprinus nitiduloides Fairmaire, 1883
  • Saprinus nitidus (Wiedemann, 1825)
  • Saprinus nobilis Wollaston, 1864
  • Saprinus optabilis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus orbiculatus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus oregonensis LeConte, J. E., 1844
  • Saprinus ornatus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus pacificus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
  • Saprinus pamiricus Reichardt, 1930
  • Saprinus pecuinus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus pedator Sharp, 1876
  • Saprinus pensylvanicus (Paykull, 1811)
  • Saprinus perinterruptus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus pharao Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus planisternus Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
  • Saprinus plenus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus politus (Brahm, 1790)
  • Saprinus prasinus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus profusus Casey, 1893
  • Saprinus proximus Wollaston, 1864
  • Saprinus pseudobicolor Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus pseudodetritus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
  • Saprinus psyche Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus pulcher Bickhardt, 1911
  • Saprinus punctatissimus Erichson, 1834
  • Saprinus punctulatus (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
  • Saprinus purpuricollis Schmidt, J. E. F., 1890
  • Saprinus quadriguttatus (Fabricius, 1798)
  • Saprinus rarus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
  • Saprinus rhodesiae Reichardt, 1933
  • Saprinus rhytipterus Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus robustus Krása, 1944
  • Saprinus ruber Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus rufulus (Faldermann, 1838)
  • Saprinus rugifer (Paykull, 1809)
  • Saprinus rugipennis Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus russatus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus scabriceps Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus secchii Théry, T., 2009
  • Saprinus sedakovii Motschulsky, 1860
  • Saprinus semiopacus Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
  • Saprinus semirosus Marseul, 1870
  • Saprinus semistriatus (Scriba, L. G., 1790)
  • Saprinus simplicifrons Müller, G., 1944
  • Saprinus simplicipennis Dahlgren, 1969
  • Saprinus sinaiticus Crotch, 1872
  • Saprinus spernax Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus splendens (Paykull, 1811)
  • Saprinus steppensis Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus sternifossa Müller, G., 1937
  • Saprinus strigil Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus stussineri Reitter, 1909
  • Saprinus subcoerulus Thérond, 1978
  • Saprinus subdiptychus Marseul, 1870
  • Saprinus submarginatus Sahlberg, J., 1913
  • Saprinus subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909
  • Saprinus subustus Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus subvirescens (Ménétriés, 1832)
  • Saprinus suturalis Marseul, 1862
  • Saprinus tenuistrius Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus testudo Casey, 1916
  • Saprinus turcomanicus Ménétriés, 1847
  • Saprinus tyrrhenus Blackburn, 1903
  • Saprinus uvarovi Müller, G., 1954
  • Saprinus vafer Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus vatovai Müller, G., 1944
  • Saprinus versicolor Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus vestitus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus viator Marseul, 1855
  • Saprinus virescens (Paykull, 1798)
  • Saprinus viridanus Lewis, 1899
  • Saprinus viridicatus Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
  • Saprinus viridipennis Lewis, 1901
  • Saprinus vitiosus LeConte, J. L., 1851
  • Saprinus walkeri Bickhardt, 1910
  • Saprinus wenzeli (Bousquet & Laplante, 2006)

References

  1. ^ "Saprinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  2. ^ a b "Saprinus Erichson, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ^ "Saprinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  • Citizen science observations for Saprinus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Saprinus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Saprinus


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