Saprinus

Saprinus
Saprinus ornatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
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. "Saprinus Erichson, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
3. "Saprinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Saprinus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Saprinus at Wikimedia Commons