Saprinus subnitescens
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Histeridae
Genus: Saprinus
Name
Saprinus subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- [[|]] = Saprinus fagniezi Auzat, 1912
- [[|]] = Saprinus lecontei Casey, 1916
- [[|]] = Saprinus meridionalis Ihssen, 1949
- [[|]] = Saprinus simulans J. Sahlberg, 1913
Type locality
Hungary, Romania.
Distribution
Central and south Europe, North Africa, Spain (including Canary Islands), Portugal (including Madeira), Turkey, central Asia, introduced to north America (Mazur 2011[1]). From Lebanon already reported by Lackner et al. (2015)[2]. We herein report this species from the following Lebanese localities: Fanar, Badghan, Naas, Deir El-Ahmar and Hammana (Fig. 84).
Biology
A typical free-living volant predator found on carrion as well as in dung. In our samples we collected 242 specimens. Saprinus (S.) subnitescens was the most abundant species on the carcasses during both the active and advanced stage of decomposition.
Taxon Treatment
- Shayya, S; Dégallier, N; Nel, A; Azar, D; Lackner, T; 2018: Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae) ZooKeys, (738): 117-152. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Mazur S (2011) A Concise catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 332 pp.
- ↑ Lackner T, Mazur S, Newton A (2015) Family Histeridae. In: Löbl I Löbl D (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea – Staphylinoidea, part 1. Brill Publishers, Leiden, Boston, 76–130.