Saprininae

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Saprininae
Chalcionellus krikkeni Kanaar, 1983 (5296430862).jpg
Chalcionellus krikkeni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Saprininae
Blanchard, 1845

Saprininae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 50 genera and 800 described species in Saprininae. [1] [2] [3]

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Saprinus splendens Saprinus splendens (Paykull, 1811) (14854007969).png
Saprinus splendens

Genera

These 54 genera belong to the subfamily Saprininae:

References

  1. "Saprininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

Further reading