# Saprinus

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***Saprinus*** is a genus of clown beetles belonging to the family [Histeridae](/source/Histeridae). There are more than 200 described species in *Saprinus*. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.[1][2]

## Species

These 208 species belong to *Saprinus*.[1]

- *[Saprinus aberlenci](/source/Saprinus_aberlenci)* Gomy & Vienna, 1994
- *[Saprinus acilinea](/source/Saprinus_acilinea)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus acuminatus](/source/Saprinus_acuminatus)* (Fabricius, 1798)
- *[Saprinus addendus](/source/Saprinus_addendus)* Dahlgren, 1964
- *[Saprinus aegialius](/source/Saprinus_aegialius)* Reitter, 1884
- *[Saprinus aegyptiacus](/source/Saprinus_aegyptiacus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus aeneolus](/source/Saprinus_aeneolus)* Marseul, 1870
- *[Saprinus aeneus](/source/Saprinus_aeneus)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Saprinus aequalis](/source/Saprinus_aequalis)* Walker, 1871
- *[Saprinus aeratus](/source/Saprinus_aeratus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus africanus](/source/Saprinus_africanus)* Dahlgren, 1969
- *[Saprinus algericus](/source/Saprinus_algericus)* (Paykull, 1811)
- *[Saprinus alienus](/source/Saprinus_alienus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus amethystinus](/source/Saprinus_amethystinus)* Lewis, 1900
- *[Saprinus apteli](/source/Saprinus_apteli)* Chobaut, 1922
- *[Saprinus artensis](/source/Saprinus_artensis)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus auricollis](/source/Saprinus_auricollis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus austerus](/source/Saprinus_austerus)* Reichardt, 1930
- *[Saprinus australis](/source/Saprinus_australis)* (Boisduval, 1835)
- *[Saprinus basalis](/source/Saprinus_basalis)* Fairmaire, 1898
- *[Saprinus beduinus](/source/Saprinus_beduinus)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus bicolor](/source/Saprinus_bicolor)* (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
- *[Saprinus bicoloroides](/source/Saprinus_bicoloroides)* Dahlgren, 1964
- *[Saprinus biguttatus](/source/Saprinus_biguttatus)* (Steven, 1806)
- *[Saprinus bimaculatus](/source/Saprinus_bimaculatus)* Dahlgren, 1964
- *[Saprinus biplagiatus](/source/Saprinus_biplagiatus)* Ballion, 1871
- *[Saprinus bispeculatus](/source/Saprinus_bispeculatus)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus blissonii](/source/Saprinus_blissonii)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus bousaadensis](/source/Saprinus_bousaadensis)* Dahlgren, 1974
- *[Saprinus brenskei](/source/Saprinus_brenskei)* Reitter, 1884
- *[Saprinus brunnivestis](/source/Saprinus_brunnivestis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus buqueti](/source/Saprinus_buqueti)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus caerulescens](/source/Saprinus_caerulescens)* (Hoffmann, 1803)
- *[Saprinus calatravensis](/source/Saprinus_calatravensis)* Fuente, 1899
- *[Saprinus cariniceps](/source/Saprinus_cariniceps)* Müller, G., 1944
- *[Saprinus cavalieri](/source/Saprinus_cavalieri)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus centralis](/source/Saprinus_centralis)* Dahlgren, 1971
- *[Saprinus chalcites](/source/Saprinus_chalcites)* (Illiger, 1807)
- *[Saprinus chathamensis](/source/Saprinus_chathamensis)* Lackner & Leschen, 2017
- *[Saprinus chiliensis](/source/Saprinus_chiliensis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus ciliatoides](/source/Saprinus_ciliatoides)* Fall, 1917
- *[Saprinus ciliatus](/source/Saprinus_ciliatus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus coerulescens](/source/Saprinus_coerulescens)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus concinnus](/source/Saprinus_concinnus)* (Gebler, 1830)
- *[Saprinus confalonierii](/source/Saprinus_confalonierii)* Müller, G., 1933
- *[Saprinus corpulentus](/source/Saprinus_corpulentus)* (Motschulsky, 1845)
- *[Saprinus cribellatus](/source/Saprinus_cribellatus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus cruciatus](/source/Saprinus_cruciatus)* (Fabricius, 1792)
- *[Saprinus crypticus](/source/Saprinus_crypticus)* Dahlgren, 1967
- *[Saprinus cupratus](/source/Saprinus_cupratus)* Kolenati, 1846
- *[Saprinus cupreus](/source/Saprinus_cupreus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus cyaneus](/source/Saprinus_cyaneus)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Saprinus cyprius](/source/Saprinus_cyprius)* Dahlgren, 1981
- *[Saprinus dahlgreni](/source/Saprinus_dahlgreni)* Vienna, 1996
- *[Saprinus delta](/source/Saprinus_delta)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus desertoides](/source/Saprinus_desertoides)* McGrath & Hatch, 1941
- *[Saprinus detersus](/source/Saprinus_detersus)* (Illiger, 1807)
- *[Saprinus detritus](/source/Saprinus_detritus)* (Fabricius, 1775)
- *[Saprinus diptychus](/source/Saprinus_diptychus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus discoidalis](/source/Saprinus_discoidalis)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus distinctus](/source/Saprinus_distinctus)* (Dégallier, 1993)
- *[Saprinus distinguendus](/source/Saprinus_distinguendus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus divergens](/source/Saprinus_divergens)* Dahlgren, 1967
- *[Saprinus diversegenitalis](/source/Saprinus_diversegenitalis)* Olexa, 1992
- *[Saprinus dussaulti](/source/Saprinus_dussaulti)* Marseul, 1870
- *[Saprinus effusus](/source/Saprinus_effusus)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus erbilensis](/source/Saprinus_erbilensis)* Abdulla, Ahmmed, Mawlood & Omar., 2021
- *[Saprinus erichsonii](/source/Saprinus_erichsonii)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus exiguus](/source/Saprinus_exiguus)* Vienna, 1993
- *[Saprinus externus](/source/Saprinus_externus)* (Fischer de Waldheim, 1824)
- *[Saprinus falcifer](/source/Saprinus_falcifer)* (Lewis, 1891)
- *[Saprinus fallaciosus](/source/Saprinus_fallaciosus)* Müller, G., 1937
- *[Saprinus felipae](/source/Saprinus_felipae)* Lewis, 1913
- *[Saprinus figuratus](/source/Saprinus_figuratus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus fimbriatus](/source/Saprinus_fimbriatus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus flavipennis](/source/Saprinus_flavipennis)* Péringuey, 1885
- *[Saprinus fraterculus](/source/Saprinus_fraterculus)* Müller, G., 1944
- *[Saprinus fraudulentus](/source/Saprinus_fraudulentus)* Müller, G., 1944
- *[Saprinus frontistrius](/source/Saprinus_frontistrius)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus fulgidicollis](/source/Saprinus_fulgidicollis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus fulgidus](/source/Saprinus_fulgidus)* LeConte, J. E., 1860
- *[Saprinus funebris](/source/Saprinus_funebris)* Vienna, 1996
- *[Saprinus furvus](/source/Saprinus_furvus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus gageti](/source/Saprinus_gageti)* Peyerimhoff, 1943
- *[Saprinus gambiensis](/source/Saprinus_gambiensis)* Dahlgren, 1972
- *[Saprinus georgicus](/source/Saprinus_georgicus)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus gilvicornis](/source/Saprinus_gilvicornis)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus godet](/source/Saprinus_godet)* (Brullé, 1832)
- *[Saprinus goergeni](/source/Saprinus_goergeni)* Gomy, 2000
- *[Saprinus graculus](/source/Saprinus_graculus)* Reichardt, 1929
- *[Saprinus grandiclava](/source/Saprinus_grandiclava)* Kanaar, 1989
- *[Saprinus guyanensis](/source/Saprinus_guyanensis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus hansmuhlei](/source/Saprinus_hansmuhlei)* Gomy & Vienna, 2012
- *[Saprinus havajirii](/source/Saprinus_havajirii)* Kapler, 2000
- *[Saprinus hidalgo](/source/Saprinus_hidalgo)* (Mazur, 1990)
- *[Saprinus himalajicus](/source/Saprinus_himalajicus)* Dahlgren, 1971
- *[Saprinus ignotus](/source/Saprinus_ignotus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus immundus](/source/Saprinus_immundus)* (Gyllenhal, 1827)
- *[Saprinus imperfectus](/source/Saprinus_imperfectus)* LeConte, J. E., 1844
- *[Saprinus impressus](/source/Saprinus_impressus)* LeConte, J. E., 1844
- *[Saprinus inausus](/source/Saprinus_inausus)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus infimus](/source/Saprinus_infimus)* Vienna, 1997
- *[Saprinus inflatus](/source/Saprinus_inflatus)* Vienna, 1981
- *[Saprinus interruptus](/source/Saprinus_interruptus)* (Paykull, 1811)
- *[Saprinus intractabilis](/source/Saprinus_intractabilis)* Reichardt, 1929
- *[Saprinus intricatus](/source/Saprinus_intricatus)* Erichson, 1843
- *[Saprinus intritus](/source/Saprinus_intritus)* Casey, 1893
- *[Saprinus jacobsoni](/source/Saprinus_jacobsoni)* Reichardt, 1923
- *[Saprinus kaszabianus](/source/Saprinus_kaszabianus)* Dahlgren, 1971
- *[Saprinus labordei](/source/Saprinus_labordei)* Lackner & Gomy, 2016
- *[Saprinus laciniatus](/source/Saprinus_laciniatus)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus laetus](/source/Saprinus_laetus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus lateralis](/source/Saprinus_lateralis)* Motschulsky, 1849
- *[Saprinus lautus](/source/Saprinus_lautus)* Erichson, 1839
- *[Saprinus lepidulus](/source/Saprinus_lepidulus)* Broun, 1881
- *[Saprinus lopatini](/source/Saprinus_lopatini)* Kryzhanovskij & Tishechkin, 1994
- *[Saprinus lubricus](/source/Saprinus_lubricus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus lucemseductus](/source/Saprinus_lucemseductus)* Kanaar, 2008
- *[Saprinus lugens](/source/Saprinus_lugens)* Erichson, 1834 (Clown beetle)
- *[Saprinus lutshniki](/source/Saprinus_lutshniki)* Kryzhanovskij, 1976
- *[Saprinus maculatus](/source/Saprinus_maculatus)* (Rossi, P., 1792)
- *[Saprinus magnoguttatus](/source/Saprinus_magnoguttatus)* Müller, G., 1937
- *[Saprinus martini](/source/Saprinus_martini)* Fall, 1917
- *[Saprinus melas](/source/Saprinus_melas)* Küster, 1849
- *[Saprinus mirabilis](/source/Saprinus_mirabilis)* (Vienna, 1994)
- *[Saprinus moyses](/source/Saprinus_moyses)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus multistriatus](/source/Saprinus_multistriatus)* Roth, 1851
- *[Saprinus namibiensis](/source/Saprinus_namibiensis)* Thérond & Vienna, 1983
- *[Saprinus neglectus](/source/Saprinus_neglectus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus niger](/source/Saprinus_niger)* Motschulsky, 1849
- *[Saprinus niponicus](/source/Saprinus_niponicus)* Dahlgren, 1962
- *[Saprinus nitiduloides](/source/Saprinus_nitiduloides)* Fairmaire, 1883
- *[Saprinus nitidus](/source/Saprinus_nitidus)* (Wiedemann, 1825)
- *[Saprinus nobilis](/source/Saprinus_nobilis)* Wollaston, 1864
- *[Saprinus optabilis](/source/Saprinus_optabilis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus orbiculatus](/source/Saprinus_orbiculatus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus oregonensis](/source/Saprinus_oregonensis)* LeConte, J. E., 1844
- *[Saprinus ornatus](/source/Saprinus_ornatus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus pacificus](/source/Saprinus_pacificus)* Lackner & Leschen, 2017
- *[Saprinus pamiricus](/source/Saprinus_pamiricus)* Reichardt, 1930
- *[Saprinus pecuinus](/source/Saprinus_pecuinus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus pedator](/source/Saprinus_pedator)* Sharp, 1876
- *[Saprinus pensylvanicus](/source/Saprinus_pensylvanicus)* (Paykull, 1811)
- *[Saprinus perinterruptus](/source/Saprinus_perinterruptus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus pharao](/source/Saprinus_pharao)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus planisternus](/source/Saprinus_planisternus)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus planiusculus](/source/Saprinus_planiusculus)* Motschulsky, 1849
- *[Saprinus plenus](/source/Saprinus_plenus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus politus](/source/Saprinus_politus)* (Brahm, 1790)
- *[Saprinus prasinus](/source/Saprinus_prasinus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus profusus](/source/Saprinus_profusus)* Casey, 1893
- *[Saprinus proximus](/source/Saprinus_proximus)* Wollaston, 1864
- *[Saprinus pseudobicolor](/source/Saprinus_pseudobicolor)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus pseudodetritus](/source/Saprinus_pseudodetritus)* Lackner & Leschen, 2017
- *[Saprinus psyche](/source/Saprinus_psyche)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus pulcher](/source/Saprinus_pulcher)* Bickhardt, 1911
- *[Saprinus punctatissimus](/source/Saprinus_punctatissimus)* Erichson, 1834
- *[Saprinus punctulatus](/source/Saprinus_punctulatus)* (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
- *[Saprinus purpuricollis](/source/Saprinus_purpuricollis)* Schmidt, J. E. F., 1890
- *[Saprinus quadriguttatus](/source/Saprinus_quadriguttatus)* (Fabricius, 1798)
- *[Saprinus rarus](/source/Saprinus_rarus)* Lackner & Leschen, 2017
- *[Saprinus rhodesiae](/source/Saprinus_rhodesiae)* Reichardt, 1933
- *[Saprinus rhytipterus](/source/Saprinus_rhytipterus)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus robustus](/source/Saprinus_robustus)* Krása, 1944
- *[Saprinus ruber](/source/Saprinus_ruber)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus rufulus](/source/Saprinus_rufulus)* (Faldermann, 1838)
- *[Saprinus rugifer](/source/Saprinus_rugifer)* (Paykull, 1809)
- *[Saprinus rugipennis](/source/Saprinus_rugipennis)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus russatus](/source/Saprinus_russatus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus scabriceps](/source/Saprinus_scabriceps)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus secchii](/source/Saprinus_secchii)* Théry, T., 2009
- *[Saprinus sedakovii](/source/Saprinus_sedakovii)* Motschulsky, 1860
- *[Saprinus semiopacus](/source/Saprinus_semiopacus)* Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
- *[Saprinus semirosus](/source/Saprinus_semirosus)* Marseul, 1870
- *[Saprinus semistriatus](/source/Saprinus_semistriatus)* (Scriba, L. G., 1790)
- *[Saprinus simplicifrons](/source/Saprinus_simplicifrons)* Müller, G., 1944
- *[Saprinus simplicipennis](/source/Saprinus_simplicipennis)* Dahlgren, 1969
- *[Saprinus sinaiticus](/source/Saprinus_sinaiticus)* Crotch, 1872
- *[Saprinus spernax](/source/Saprinus_spernax)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus splendens](/source/Saprinus_splendens)* (Paykull, 1811)
- *[Saprinus steppensis](/source/Saprinus_steppensis)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus sternifossa](/source/Saprinus_sternifossa)* Müller, G., 1937
- *[Saprinus strigil](/source/Saprinus_strigil)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus stussineri](/source/Saprinus_stussineri)* Reitter, 1909
- *[Saprinus subcoerulus](/source/Saprinus_subcoerulus)* Thérond, 1978
- *[Saprinus subdiptychus](/source/Saprinus_subdiptychus)* Marseul, 1870
- *[Saprinus submarginatus](/source/Saprinus_submarginatus)* Sahlberg, J., 1913
- *[Saprinus subnitescens](/source/Saprinus_subnitescens)* Bickhardt, 1909
- *[Saprinus subustus](/source/Saprinus_subustus)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus subvirescens](/source/Saprinus_subvirescens)* (Ménétriés, 1832)
- *[Saprinus suturalis](/source/Saprinus_suturalis)* Marseul, 1862
- *[Saprinus tenuistrius](/source/Saprinus_tenuistrius)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus testudo](/source/Saprinus_testudo)* Casey, 1916
- *[Saprinus turcomanicus](/source/Saprinus_turcomanicus)* Ménétriés, 1847
- *[Saprinus tyrrhenus](/source/Saprinus_tyrrhenus)* Blackburn, 1903
- *[Saprinus uvarovi](/source/Saprinus_uvarovi)* Müller, G., 1954
- *[Saprinus vafer](/source/Saprinus_vafer)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus vatovai](/source/Saprinus_vatovai)* Müller, G., 1944
- *[Saprinus versicolor](/source/Saprinus_versicolor)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus vestitus](/source/Saprinus_vestitus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus viator](/source/Saprinus_viator)* Marseul, 1855
- *[Saprinus virescens](/source/Saprinus_virescens)* (Paykull, 1798)
- *[Saprinus viridanus](/source/Saprinus_viridanus)* Lewis, 1899
- *[Saprinus viridicatus](/source/Saprinus_viridicatus)* Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
- *[Saprinus viridipennis](/source/Saprinus_viridipennis)* Lewis, 1901
- *[Saprinus vitiosus](/source/Saprinus_vitiosus)* LeConte, J. L., 1851
- *[Saprinus walkeri](/source/Saprinus_walkeri)* Bickhardt, 1910
- *[Saprinus wenzeli](/source/Saprinus_wenzeli)* (Bousquet & Laplante, 2006)

## References

1. ["*Saprinus* Erichson, 1834"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/9JBJB). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

1. ["*Saprinus*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1044805). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

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