Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (PAYKULL, 1811)

Mazur, S., A. V & A. V, 2014, Contribution to the knowledge of the histerid beetles (Coleoptera, Histeridae) of North India, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1267-1275 : 1274

Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (PAYKULL, 1811) (Fig. 19)

advena MARSEUL, ater W.J. MACLEAY, elegans PAYKULL, ovalis MARSEUL, rasselas MARSEUL,

speciosus ERICHSON, viridicupreus C.E. BLANCHARD M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Uttarakhand province: 12 spec.: left side of Kosi River, 5 km N

Ramnagar, N29°432'E79°140', 7- 11.06.2011, A. Anichtchenko & A. Shavrin (DUBC).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: The species is known from Capland, tropical Africa, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India (Kashmir), South Korea, Japan, Oriental region, Australia.