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

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scientific name	Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792)
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6. Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792) Figs 7 View Figure 7 , 83 View Figure 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 View Figure 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.

Kryzhanovskij, OL, Reichardt, AN, 1976. Zhuki Nadsemeystva Histeroidea (semeystva Sphaeritidae, Histeridae, Synteliidae). [Beetles of the superfamily Histeroidea (families Sphaeritidae, Histeridae, Synteliidae)]. In: Fauna SSSR, Zhestokrylye, Vyp. 4. Nauka, Leningrad

Mazur, S, 2011. A Concise catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 332 pp.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Histeridae
Genus	Saprinus