Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803)
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https://doi.org/10.1515/aemnp-2017-0107 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345850 |
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Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803) |
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Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803) View in CoL
Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA: 28 spec., Dixam plateau, wadi Zerriq [Zerig], 12°31′08″N, 53°59′09″E, 750 m, 3.xii.2003, D. Král lgt. ( NMPC).
Comment. Saprinus (S.) caerulescens caerulescens is a large, free-living volant predator, found mostly on larger carrion where it preys on larvae of smaller arthropods, especially cyclorrhaphan flies (T. Lackner, pers. observ.). According to MAZUR (2011), it is distributed in southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, the Azores and Cape Verde Archipelago, and Middle Asia. It has been introduced into Peru. From Socotra already reported by WRANIK (2003).
MAZUR S. 2011: A concise catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW Press, Warsaw 332 pp.
WRANIK W. 2003: Fauna of the Socotra Archipelago: field guide. Universitatsdruckerei, Rostock, 542 pp.
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National Museum Prague |
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