Saprinus

Saprinus
	Saprinus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Saprininae
Genus:	Saprinus; Erichson, 1834
Synonyms
	Phaonius Reichardt, 1941 ;

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.

Species

These 208 species belong to Saprinus.

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

↑ "Saprinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
1 2 "Saprinus Erichson, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
↑ "Saprinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

External links

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

[itis-1] "Saprinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

[catlife-2] 1 2 "Saprinus Erichson, 1834". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

[gbif-3] "Saprinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

Saprinus

Saprinus ornatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Saprininae
Genus:	Saprinus Erichson, 1834
Synonyms
Phaonius Reichardt, 1941