Saprinus (Hemisaprinus), Kryzhanovskij, 1976

Lackner, Tomáš, 2010, Review of the Palaearctic genera of Saprininae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 50, pp. 1-254 : 205

Subgenus Hemisaprinus Kryzhanovskij, 1976

Hemisaprinus Kryzhanovskij, 1976 in KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT (1976): 111, 182. Type species: Hister subvirescens Ménétriés, 1832 , original designation.

Hemisaprinus : MAZUR (1984): 62; MAZUR (1997): 231; MAZUR (2004): 96.

Diagnosis. Species included in this subgenus differ from all other representatives of Saprinus by the presence of pre-apical foveae. All other characters as with subgenus Saprinus .

Biology. Saprinus (Hemisaprinus) subvirescens is found on carcasses, dung, etc. in arid regions and S. (H.) lutshniki ( Reichardt, 1941) is found in decomposing vegetable matter, and has not been found on carcasses so far ( KRYZHANOVSKIJ & REICHARDT 1976: 184). The biology of S. (H.) cyprius Dahlgren, 1981 , is virtually unknown.

Distribution. This subgenus includes three described species, all from the Palaearctic Region, with one species S. (Hemisaprinus) subvirescens ( Ménétriés, 1832) occurring over a large area from Turkey in the west to Myanmar and China in the east. One species, S. (H.) cyprius Dahlgren, 1981 is endemic to the Cyprus ( MAZUR 1997).

Species examined. Saprinus (Hemisaprinus) lutshniki ( Reichardt, 1941) , S. (H.) subvirescens ( Ménétriés, 1832) .