Saprinus (Saprinus) magnoguttatus Reichardt, 1926

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 : 125

7. Saprinus (Saprinus) magnoguttatus Reichardt, 1926 Figs 8 , 83

Type locality.

Iran.

Distribution.

Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon ( Mazur 2011).

Biology.

Reichardt (1941) reports this species from Azerbaijan as an inhabitant of mountain steppes (500 m); several specimens were also collected by pitfall trapping. In our samples, we collected two specimens from a human corpse that was in the active decay stage (Fig. 83 ).

Comment.

Lackner et al. (2015) wrongly attribute this species to G. Müller (1937).

Figures

Figure 8. Saprinus (S.) magnoguttatus Reichardt, 1926 habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 83. Distribution of S. (S.) maculatus, S. (S.) magnoguttatus, S. (S.) prasinus prasinus, and S. (S.) robustus in Lebanon.