Saprinus (Saprinus) godet ( Brulle , 1832)

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

5. Saprinus (Saprinus) godet ( Brulle, 1832) Figs 6 , 35-43 , 82 , 86b

Hister godet Brullé, 1832

Hister godet = Saprinus bitterensis Marseul, 1862

Hister godet = Saprinus godetii Marseul, 1857 [emendation]

Hister godet = Saprinus pseudolautus Reitter, 1904

Type locality.

Greece: Peloponnesus.

Distribution.

Spain, Portugal, southern France, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia ( Mazur 2011). Reported from Azerbaijan, Greece, Italy, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and southern Russia by Tishechkin and Lackner (2017). Newly reported from Lebanon (Fanar, Badghan, Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya, Sin El-Fil; Fig. 82 ). In our samples 19 specimens were collected.

Biology.

Found on carrion ( Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt 1976).

Figures

Figure 6. Saprinus (S.) godet (Brulle, 1832) habitus, dorsal view.

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

Figure 86. Abundance of Saprinus (S.) chalcites (86 a) and S. (S.) godet (86 b) during the decomposition stages in different Lebanese localities.

Figures 35 - 43. 35 Saprinus (S.) godet (Brulle, 1832) male genitalia: 8 th sternite and tergite, ventral view 36 8 th sternite and tergite, dorsal view 37 8 th sternite and tergite, lateral view 38 9 th + 10 th tergites, dorsal view 39 9 th + 10 th tergites, lateral view 40 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), ventral view 41 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), lateral view 42 aedeagus, dorsal view 43 aedeagus, lateral view.