Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792)

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 : 123-124

6. Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792) Figs 7 , 83

Hister maculatus P. Rossi, 1792

Hister maculatus = Saprinus obscuripennis J. Müller, 1899

Hister maculatus = Hister personatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823

Hister maculatus = Saprinus pseudocruciata Auzat, 1920

Type locality.

Italy: Etrusca.

Distribution.

Slovakia, Hungary, south Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan ( Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Badghan; Fig. 83 ).

Biology.

Found chiefly on cadavers, less commonly also in dung or human faeces ( Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt 1976). In our samples a single specimen was collected.

Figures

Figure 7. Saprinus (S.) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792) habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 83. Distribution of S. (S.) maculatus, S. (S.) magnoguttatus, S. (S.) prasinus prasinus, and S. (S.) robustus in Lebanon.