{{short description|Species of beetle}} {{Speciesbox | image = Histeridae - Saprinus splendens.JPG | image_caption = ''Saprinus splendens'' from Somalia. Museum specimen | genus = Saprinus | species = splendens | authority = (Paykull, 1811) | synonyms = * ''Saprinus rasselas'' Marseul, 1855<ref>[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Saprinus+splendens Discover life]</ref> * ''Hister splendens'' Paykull, 1811 * ''Hister elegans'' Paykull, 1811 * ''Saprinus speciosus'' Erichson, 1834 * ''Hister cyaneus'' Boisduval, 1835 * ''Saprinus viridicupreus'' Blanchard, 1853 * ''Saprinus advena'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus ovalis'' Marseul, 1855 * ''Saprinus ater'' MacLeay, 1864 * ''Saprinus splendens elegans'' (Paykull, 1811): G. Müller, 1938 <ref name=fa/> | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Saprinus splendens''''' is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae.<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id638676/ Biolib]</ref>
==Description== This beetle can reach a length of about {{convert|3.7|-|7|mm}}. Females are longer than males. They are very variable in size, punctation and color. Body is oval, weakly convex and shiny. Pronotum is yellowish-green, while elytra may be shiny dark blue or bottle green or reddish. Elytra show three-four external dorsal striae and a punctation quite variable in density, area and size.<ref name=fa>THOMAS THÉRY, YVES GOMY & NICOLAS DEGALLIER [https://skyros.locean-ipsl.upmc.fr/~ndelod/production/Histerides/Sap_Secchii.pdf Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae)]</ref>
==Distribution== This species is widely distributed. It is present from the Republic of South Africa through tropical Africa, Arabia, Kashmir, Afghanistan, Pakistan, most of the Oriental Region and Japan.<ref name=fa/> It has been introduced in Australia from South Africa. It is present in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South and Western Australia.<ref>[http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Saprinus_(Saprinus)_splendens Australian Faunal Directory]</ref>
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Category:Histeridae Category:Beetles described in 1811
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