Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811)

Lackner, Tomáš & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2017, Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 55-76 : 73

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0107

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11855C01-FBC0-4B44-89F8-7C7E0379C8E9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345858

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0E54567F-D32C-FFAC-FEA1-FBB9FEC057C2

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Marcus

scientific name

Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811)
status

 

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Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA: 2 spec., wadi Ayhaft , 12°36′38″N, 53°58′49″E, 190 m, 24.-26.xi.2003, D. Král lgt GoogleMaps .; 1 spec., Noged plain, sand dunes, 12°21′09″N, 54°01′47″E, 11 m, 5.-6.xii.2003, D. Král lgt GoogleMaps .; 8 spec., Shibhon , wadi Zirik [Zerig], 16.vi.2009, V. Hula & L.Purchart lgt .; 26 specs., Homhil area , 400–510m, 12°34′25″N, 54°18′53″E, 9.–10.ii.2010, L. Purchart & J. Vybíral lgt GoogleMaps .; 7 spec., Zemhon area , 12°20′58″N, 54°06′39″E, 16.-17. vi.2010, V. Hula lgt GoogleMaps .; 1 spec., Hoq cave env., 12°35′10″N, 54°21′31″E, 215 m, 1.vi.2012, V. Hula & J. Niedobová lgt. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps .

Comment. Saprinus (S.) splendens is a common, widely distributed species, occurring on carrion in the entire region of tropical and subtropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, in the entire Oriental Realm, including Japan in the east, and it is likewise widely spread in Australia ( MAZUR 2011). From Socotra already reported by TASCHENBERG (1883), GAHAN (1903) and THÉRY et al. (2009).

NMPC

National Museum Prague

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Histeridae

Genus

Saprinus

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