Saprinus ornatus

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Saprinus ornatus
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Saprinus ornatus from Tunisia. Museum specimen
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Saprininae
Genus: Saprinus
Species:
S. ornatus
Binomial name
Saprinus ornatus
Erichson, 1834
Synonyms
  • Saprinus osiris Marseul, 1862 [1]
  • Hister fasciolatus Gebler, 1845
  • Saprinus equestris Erichson, 1843

[2]

Saprinus ornatus is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae. [3]

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Description

These scavenger beetles can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Elytra are black, with two orange markings.

Distribution

This species is present in the European Turkey, in North Africa, Northern Asia (excluding China) and Southern Asia. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fabio Penati; Pierpaolo Vienna An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian peninsula, with biogeographical remarks
  2. ↑ GBIF
  3. ↑ Biolib
  4. ↑ ITIS
  5. ↑ Fauna europaea
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