Saprinus Explained

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)