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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345858
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scientific name	Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811)
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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).

References

GAHAN C. J. 1903: Insecta: Coleoptera. Pp. 261 - 292. In: FORBES H. O. (ed.): The natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri: Being the report upon the results of the conjoint expedition to these islands in 1898 - 9. Special Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums, xlvii + 598 pp.

MAZUR S. 2011: A concise catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Warsaw University of Life Sciences, SGGW Press, Warsaw 332 pp.

TASCHENBERG O. 1883: Beitrage zur Fauna der Insel Sokotra, vorzuglich nach dem von Herrn Dr. Emil Riebeck aus Halle a. S. gesammelten Materiale zusammengestellt. Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft 56: 157 - 185.

THERY T., GOMY Y. & DEGALLIER N. 2009: Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Zootaxa 2055: 35 - 48.