Saprinus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = ''Saprinus'' | image = Histeridae - Saprinus ornatus.JPG | image_caption = ''Saprinus ornatus'' | taxon = Saprinus | authority =Erichson, 1834 | synonyms = {{Taxon list | ''Phaonius'' | Reichardt, 1941 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> | display_parents = 2 }} thumb|''Saprinus splendens'' thumb|''Saprinus semistriatus'', UK thumb|Saprinus detritus, New Zealand

'''''Saprinus''''' is a genus of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae. There are more than 200 described species in ''Saprinus''. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.<ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/>

==Species== These 208 species belong to ''Saprinus''.<ref name=catlife/> {{col div|colwidth=29em}} * ''Saprinus aberlenci'' Gomy & Vienna, 1994 * ''Saprinus acilinea'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus acuminatus'' (Fabricius, 1798) * ''Saprinus addendus'' Dahlgren, 1964 * ''Saprinus aegialius'' Reitter, 1884 * ''Saprinus aegyptiacus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus aeneolus'' Marseul, 1870 * ''Saprinus aeneus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Saprinus aequalis'' Walker, 1871 * ''Saprinus aeratus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus africanus'' Dahlgren, 1969 * ''Saprinus algericus'' (Paykull, 1811) * ''Saprinus alienus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus amethystinus'' Lewis, 1900 * ''Saprinus apteli'' Chobaut, 1922 * ''Saprinus artensis'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus auricollis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus austerus'' Reichardt, 1930 * ''Saprinus australis'' (Boisduval, 1835) * ''Saprinus basalis'' Fairmaire, 1898 * ''Saprinus beduinus'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus bicolor'' (Olivier, A. G., 1789) * ''Saprinus bicoloroides'' Dahlgren, 1964 * ''Saprinus biguttatus'' (Steven, 1806) * ''Saprinus bimaculatus'' Dahlgren, 1964 * ''Saprinus biplagiatus'' Ballion, 1871 * ''Saprinus bispeculatus'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus blissonii'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus bousaadensis'' Dahlgren, 1974 * ''Saprinus brenskei'' Reitter, 1884 * ''Saprinus brunnivestis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus buqueti'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus caerulescens'' (Hoffmann, 1803) * ''Saprinus calatravensis'' Fuente, 1899 * ''Saprinus cariniceps'' Müller, G., 1944 * ''Saprinus cavalieri'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus centralis'' Dahlgren, 1971 * ''Saprinus chalcites'' (Illiger, 1807) * ''Saprinus chathamensis'' Lackner & Leschen, 2017 * ''Saprinus chiliensis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus ciliatoides'' Fall, 1917 * ''Saprinus ciliatus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus coerulescens'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus concinnus'' (Gebler, 1830) * ''Saprinus confalonierii'' Müller, G., 1933 * ''Saprinus corpulentus'' (Motschulsky, 1845) * ''Saprinus cribellatus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus cruciatus'' (Fabricius, 1792) * ''Saprinus crypticus'' Dahlgren, 1967 * ''Saprinus cupratus'' Kolenati, 1846 * ''Saprinus cupreus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus cyaneus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Saprinus cyprius'' Dahlgren, 1981 * ''Saprinus dahlgreni'' Vienna, 1996 * ''Saprinus delta'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus desertoides'' McGrath & Hatch, 1941 * ''Saprinus detersus'' (Illiger, 1807) * ''Saprinus detritus'' (Fabricius, 1775) * ''Saprinus diptychus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus discoidalis'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus distinctus'' (Dégallier, 1993) * ''Saprinus distinguendus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus divergens'' Dahlgren, 1967 * ''Saprinus diversegenitalis'' Olexa, 1992 * ''Saprinus dussaulti'' Marseul, 1870 * ''Saprinus effusus'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus erbilensis'' Abdulla, Ahmmed, Mawlood & Omar., 2021 * ''Saprinus erichsonii'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus exiguus'' Vienna, 1993 * ''Saprinus externus'' (Fischer de Waldheim, 1824) * ''Saprinus falcifer'' (Lewis, 1891) * ''Saprinus fallaciosus'' Müller, G., 1937 * ''Saprinus felipae'' Lewis, 1913 * ''Saprinus figuratus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus fimbriatus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus flavipennis'' Péringuey, 1885 * ''Saprinus fraterculus'' Müller, G., 1944 * ''Saprinus fraudulentus'' Müller, G., 1944 * ''Saprinus frontistrius'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus fulgidicollis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus fulgidus'' LeConte, J. E., 1860 * ''Saprinus funebris'' Vienna, 1996 * ''Saprinus furvus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus gageti'' Peyerimhoff, 1943 * ''Saprinus gambiensis'' Dahlgren, 1972 * ''Saprinus georgicus'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus gilvicornis'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus godet'' (Brullé, 1832) * ''Saprinus goergeni'' Gomy, 2000 * ''Saprinus graculus'' Reichardt, 1929 * ''Saprinus grandiclava'' Kanaar, 1989 * ''Saprinus guyanensis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus hansmuhlei'' Gomy & Vienna, 2012 * ''Saprinus havajirii'' Kapler, 2000 * ''Saprinus hidalgo'' (Mazur, 1990) * ''Saprinus himalajicus'' Dahlgren, 1971 * ''Saprinus ignotus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus immundus'' (Gyllenhal, 1827) * ''Saprinus imperfectus'' LeConte, J. E., 1844 * ''Saprinus impressus'' LeConte, J. E., 1844 * ''Saprinus inausus'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus infimus'' Vienna, 1997 * ''Saprinus inflatus'' Vienna, 1981 * ''Saprinus interruptus'' (Paykull, 1811) * ''Saprinus intractabilis'' Reichardt, 1929 * ''Saprinus intricatus'' Erichson, 1843 * ''Saprinus intritus'' Casey, 1893 * ''Saprinus jacobsoni'' Reichardt, 1923 * ''Saprinus kaszabianus'' Dahlgren, 1971 * ''Saprinus labordei'' Lackner & Gomy, 2016 * ''Saprinus laciniatus'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus laetus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus lateralis'' Motschulsky, 1849 * ''Saprinus lautus'' Erichson, 1839 * ''Saprinus lepidulus'' Broun, 1881 * ''Saprinus lopatini'' Kryzhanovskij & Tishechkin, 1994 * ''Saprinus lubricus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus lucemseductus'' Kanaar, 2008 * ''Saprinus lugens'' Erichson, 1834 (Clown beetle) * ''Saprinus lutshniki'' Kryzhanovskij, 1976 * ''Saprinus maculatus'' (Rossi, P., 1792) * ''Saprinus magnoguttatus'' Müller, G., 1937 * ''Saprinus martini'' Fall, 1917 * ''Saprinus melas'' Küster, 1849 * ''Saprinus mirabilis'' (Vienna, 1994) * ''Saprinus moyses'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus multistriatus'' Roth, 1851 * ''Saprinus namibiensis'' Thérond & Vienna, 1983 * ''Saprinus neglectus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus niger'' Motschulsky, 1849 * ''Saprinus niponicus'' Dahlgren, 1962 * ''Saprinus nitiduloides'' Fairmaire, 1883 * ''Saprinus nitidus'' (Wiedemann, 1825) * ''Saprinus nobilis'' Wollaston, 1864 * ''Saprinus optabilis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus orbiculatus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus oregonensis'' LeConte, J. E., 1844 * ''Saprinus ornatus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus pacificus'' Lackner & Leschen, 2017 * ''Saprinus pamiricus'' Reichardt, 1930 * ''Saprinus pecuinus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus pedator'' Sharp, 1876 * ''Saprinus pensylvanicus'' (Paykull, 1811) * ''Saprinus perinterruptus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus pharao'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus planisternus'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus planiusculus'' Motschulsky, 1849 * ''Saprinus plenus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus politus'' (Brahm, 1790) * ''Saprinus prasinus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus profusus'' Casey, 1893 * ''Saprinus proximus'' Wollaston, 1864 * ''Saprinus pseudobicolor'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus pseudodetritus'' Lackner & Leschen, 2017 * ''Saprinus psyche'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus pulcher'' Bickhardt, 1911 * ''Saprinus punctatissimus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Saprinus punctulatus'' (Olivier, A. G., 1789) * ''Saprinus purpuricollis'' Schmidt, J. E. F., 1890 * ''Saprinus quadriguttatus'' (Fabricius, 1798) * ''Saprinus rarus'' Lackner & Leschen, 2017 * ''Saprinus rhodesiae'' Reichardt, 1933 * ''Saprinus rhytipterus'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus robustus'' Krása, 1944 * ''Saprinus ruber'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus rufulus'' (Faldermann, 1838) * ''Saprinus rugifer'' (Paykull, 1809) * ''Saprinus rugipennis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus russatus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus scabriceps'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus secchii'' Théry, T., 2009 * ''Saprinus sedakovii'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Saprinus semiopacus'' Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894 * ''Saprinus semirosus'' Marseul, 1870 * ''Saprinus semistriatus'' (Scriba, L. G., 1790) * ''Saprinus simplicifrons'' Müller, G., 1944 * ''Saprinus simplicipennis'' Dahlgren, 1969 * ''Saprinus sinaiticus'' Crotch, 1872 * ''Saprinus spernax'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus splendens'' (Paykull, 1811) * ''Saprinus steppensis'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus sternifossa'' Müller, G., 1937 * ''Saprinus strigil'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus stussineri'' Reitter, 1909 * ''Saprinus subcoerulus'' Thérond, 1978 * ''Saprinus subdiptychus'' Marseul, 1870 * ''Saprinus submarginatus'' Sahlberg, J., 1913 * ''Saprinus subnitescens'' Bickhardt, 1909 * ''Saprinus subustus'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus subvirescens'' (Ménétriés, 1832) * ''Saprinus suturalis'' Marseul, 1862 * ''Saprinus tenuistrius'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus testudo'' Casey, 1916 * ''Saprinus turcomanicus'' Ménétriés, 1847 * ''Saprinus tyrrhenus'' Blackburn, 1903 * ''Saprinus uvarovi'' Müller, G., 1954 * ''Saprinus vafer'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus vatovai'' Müller, G., 1944 * ''Saprinus versicolor'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus vestitus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus viator'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus virescens'' (Paykull, 1798) * ''Saprinus viridanus'' Lewis, 1899 * ''Saprinus viridicatus'' Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894 * ''Saprinus viridipennis'' Lewis, 1901 * ''Saprinus vitiosus'' LeConte, J. L., 1851 * ''Saprinus walkeri'' Bickhardt, 1910 * ''Saprinus wenzeli'' (Bousquet & Laplante, 2006) {{Col div end}}

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Saprinus'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=188434 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2024-08-20 }}</ref>

<ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Saprinus'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1044805 | website=GBIF | access-date=2024-08-20 }}</ref>

<ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Saprinus'' Erichson, 1834 | url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/9JBJB | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2024-08-20 }}</ref> }}

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Category:Histeridae Category:Staphyliniformia genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson

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