Saprinus (Saprinus) calatravensis Fuente, 1899

Shayya, Salman, Degallier, Nicolas, Nel, Andre, Azar, Dany & Lackner, Tomas, 2018, Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae), ZooKeys 738, pp. 117-152 : 121

3. Saprinus (Saprinus) calatravensis Fuente, 1899 Figs 4 , 15 , 16-24 , 82 , 85b

Saprinus Saprinus calatravensis = Saprinus angoranus Bickhardt, 1911

Type locality.

Spain.

Distribution.

Mediterranean subregion, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia ( Mazur 2011). The distribution of this species is not sufficiently known due to its confusion with the morphologically similar species S. (S.) chalcites (Illiger, 1807) and, mainly S. georgicus Marseul, 1862. Newly reported from Lebanon (Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya; Fig. 82 ).

Biology.

Saprinus calatravensis is found on small and medium-sized carrion. According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) it prefers xerophilous landscapes and sandy soils. During our sampling eight specimens were collected of this species.

Figures

Figure 4. Saprinus (S.) calatravensis Fuente, 1899 habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 15. Saprinus (S.) calatravensis Fuente, 1899 metaventrite + abdomnen.

Figure 82. Distribution of S. (S.) caerulescens caerulescens, S. (S.) calatravensis, S. (S.) chalcites, and S. (S.) godet in Lebanon.

Figure 85. Abundance of Saprinus (S.) caerulescens caerulescens (85 a), and S. (S.) calatravensis (85 b) during the decomposition stages in different Lebanese localities.

Figure 16 - 24. 16 Saprinus (S.) calatravensis Fuente, 1899 male genitalia: 8 th sternite and tergite, ventral view 17 8 th sternite and tergite, dorsal view 18 8 th sternite and tergite, lateral view 19 9 th + 10 th tergites, dorsal view 20 9 th + 10 th tergites, lateral view 21 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), ventral view 22 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), lateral view 23 aedeagus, dorsal view 24 aedeagus, lateral view.