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826FF0D034545D4791467066348B7D4B.text	826FF0D034545D4791467066348B7D4B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) aegialius Reitter 1884	<div><p>1. Saprinus (Saprinus) aegialius Reitter, 1884 Fig. 2</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus incognitus Dahlgren, 1964</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus therondi Auzat, 1931</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Greece.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Slovakia, Southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, Armenia, Iran (Mazur 2011). Reported from Lebanon by Lackner et al. (2015).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>The biology of S. aegialius is not adequately known, but the species is often found on carcasses. This species is often confused with Saprinus immundus (Gyllenhal, 1808), and it was absent from our sampling (therefore not shown on a distributional map).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/826FF0D034545D4791467066348B7D4B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
C77FE9A3C3BB5A5094594CA5CC4B509C.text	C77FE9A3C3BB5A5094594CA5CC4B509C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens (Hoffmann 1803) caerulescens (Hoffmann 1803	<div><p>2. Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803) Figs 3, 82, 85a</p> <p>Hister caerulescens Hoffmann, 1803</p> <p>Hister caerulescens = Hister semipunctatus Fabricius, 1792</p> <p>Hister caerulescens = Saprinus chobauti Auzat, 1926</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Germany: Baden-Württemberg.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, Portugal (including the Azores Archipelago), Cape Verde Islands, Central Asia, introduced to Peru (Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Fanar, Deir El-Ahmar, Badghan, Naas, Hasbaya; Fig. 82).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>This species is found frequently on carrion, with a preference for larger carcasses (e.g., those of dogs, sheep, cattle, camels, etc. - T. Lackner pers. observ.). According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) S. (S.) caerulescens caerulescens was collected on rotten fish, where it preyed upon the beetles of the family Dermestidae. In our samples, we collected 47 specimens. S. (S.) caerulescens caerulescens was abundant during the active decay stage of carcass decomposition and coincides with the presence of Diptera larvae.</p> <p>Comment.</p> <p>This species has another subspecies S. (S.) caerulescens punctisternus Lewis, 1900 that occurs in China, Mongolia, Korean peninsula and Russian Far East (Mazur 2011).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C77FE9A3C3BB5A5094594CA5CC4B509C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
684B27B38EA253C9917699B0FF2ABB71.text	684B27B38EA253C9917699B0FF2ABB71.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) calatravensis Fuente 1899	<div><p>3. Saprinus (Saprinus) calatravensis Fuente, 1899 Figs 4, 15, 16-24, 82, 85b</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus calatravensis = Saprinus angoranus Bickhardt, 1911</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Spain.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Mediterranean subregion, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia (Mazur 2011). The distribution of this species is not sufficiently known due to its confusion with the morphologically similar species S. (S.) chalcites (Illiger, 1807) and, mainly S. georgicus Marseul, 1862. Newly reported from Lebanon (Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya; Fig. 82).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Saprinus calatravensis is found on small and medium-sized carrion. According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) it prefers xerophilous landscapes and sandy soils. During our sampling eight specimens were collected of this species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/684B27B38EA253C9917699B0FF2ABB71	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
6B59DEB5098D5987A7C8DEE4350781E1.text	6B59DEB5098D5987A7C8DEE4350781E1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) chalcites (Illiger 1807)	<div><p>4. Saprinus (Saprinus) chalcites (Illiger, 1807) Figs 5, 25, 26-34, 82, 86a</p> <p>Hister chalcites Illiger, 1807</p> <p>Hister chalcites = Hister affinis Paykull, 1811</p> <p>Hister chalcites = Saprinus aerosus Normand &amp; Thérond, 1952</p> <p>Hister chalcites = Saprinus melanocephalus Normand &amp; Thérond, 1952</p> <p>Hister chalcites = Saprinus prolongatus Normand &amp; Thérond, 1952</p> <p>Hister chalcites = Saprinus scapularis Normand &amp; Thérond, 1952</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Portugal.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Mediterranean subregion, Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, India, Burma, Australia (Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Hasbaya, Fanar, Badghan, Deir El-Ahmar, Naas; Fig. 82).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Saprinus chalcites is a widespread flying predator found on carcasses, rotting vegetable substances, as well as in dung. According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976), large numbers of this species have also been found on flowering Stink lily (Dracunculus vulgaris Schott, 1832). In our samples, we collected 129 specimens, most abundantly during the active decay stage. Several specimens were likewise collected during the advanced decay stage after the departure of Diptera larvae from the carcasses.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B59DEB5098D5987A7C8DEE4350781E1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
ACE088ED9116587D95C7BE2D1BE4465F.text	ACE088ED9116587D95C7BE2D1BE4465F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus godet (Brulle 1832)	<div><p>5. Saprinus (Saprinus) godet (Brulle, 1832) Figs 6, 35-43, 82, 86b</p> <p>Hister godet Brullé, 1832</p> <p>Hister godet = Saprinus bitterensis Marseul, 1862</p> <p>Hister godet = Saprinus godetii Marseul, 1857 [emendation]</p> <p>Hister godet = Saprinus pseudolautus Reitter, 1904</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Greece: Peloponnesus.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Spain, Portugal, southern France, Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia (Mazur 2011). Reported from Azerbaijan, Greece, Italy, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and southern Russia by Tishechkin and Lackner (2017). Newly reported from Lebanon (Fanar, Badghan, Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya, Sin El-Fil; Fig. 82). In our samples 19 specimens were collected.</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Found on carrion (Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt 1976).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/ACE088ED9116587D95C7BE2D1BE4465F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
7DED368F1F155D399041938C78A54049.text	7DED368F1F155D399041938C78A54049.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi 1792)	<div><p>6. Saprinus (Saprinus) maculatus (P. Rossi, 1792) Figs 7, 83</p> <p>Hister maculatus P. Rossi, 1792</p> <p>Hister maculatus = Saprinus obscuripennis J. Müller, 1899</p> <p>Hister maculatus = Hister personatus Fischer von Waldheim, 1823</p> <p>Hister maculatus = Saprinus pseudocruciata Auzat, 1920</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Italy: Etrusca.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Slovakia, Hungary, south Europe, Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan (Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Badghan; Fig. 83).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Found chiefly on cadavers, less commonly also in dung or human faeces (Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt 1976). In our samples a single specimen was collected.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7DED368F1F155D399041938C78A54049	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
6C72D00F38535210BDA79EAAEC8FA327.text	6C72D00F38535210BDA79EAAEC8FA327.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) magnoguttatus Reichardt 1926	<div><p>7. Saprinus (Saprinus) magnoguttatus Reichardt, 1926 Figs 8, 83</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Iran.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon (Mazur 2011).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Comment.</p> <p>Lackner et al. (2015) wrongly attribute this species to G. Müller (1937).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C72D00F38535210BDA79EAAEC8FA327	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
BF59DC7D9E45549BA9160E97D666409F.text	BF59DC7D9E45549BA9160E97D666409F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) prasinus prasinus Erichson 1834	<div><p>8. Saprinus (Saprinus) prasinus prasinus Erichson, 1834 Figs 9, 83, 87a</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus Saprinus prasinus prasinus = Saprinus lindrothi Dahlgren, 1968</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Syria.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Italy: Sardinia, Greece: Crete, Bulgaria, Turkey, Armenia, Jordan (Mazur 2011). It is reported from Lebanon by Lackner et al. (2015). We collected this species from the following two localities, Fanar and Naas (Fig. 83).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Widespread and frequent East-Mediterranean species found mostly on carrion (Rozner 2010). In our samples, 29 specimens were collected.</p> <p>Comment.</p> <p>Saprinus prasinus has another subspecies S. (S.) prasinus aeneomicans G. Müller, 1960 that occurs in neighbouring Israel and Syria (Lackner et al. 2015). According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) this subspecies differs from the nominotypical one by a distinct bronze hue of the dorsum.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF59DC7D9E45549BA9160E97D666409F	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
A0B211FAECC6535AB44C630AEB0D8721.text	A0B211FAECC6535AB44C630AEB0D8721.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) robustus Krasa 1944	<div><p>9. Saprinus (Saprinus) robustus Krasa, 1944 Figs 10, 44-52, 83, 87b</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus robustus = Saprinus vermiculatus Dahlgren, 1964</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Turkey: Ankara.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Greece: Crete, Turkey, Georgia, Syria, Lebanon (Mazur 2011). We report this species from the following two Lebanese localities: Deir El-Ahmar and Hasbaya (Fig. 83).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>According to Anlaş et al. (2007) S. (S.) robustus is attracted to dung. In our samples, three specimens were collected.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A0B211FAECC6535AB44C630AEB0D8721	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
CFEA89051077576F85507FB14764DE13.text	CFEA89051077576F85507FB14764DE13.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) strigil Marseul 1855	<div><p>10. Saprinus (Saprinus) strigil Marseul, 1855 Figs 11, 84, 88a</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Ethiopia.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>East and central Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Syria, Israel (Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Hasbaya, Badghan, Fanar, Deir El-Ahmar, Naas; Fig. 84).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>Insufficiently known, according to our observations it is similar to its congeners. In our samples, we collected 149 specimens mainly during the active decay stage and several specimens in other stages of decomposition (Table 1).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CFEA89051077576F85507FB14764DE13	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
5E5C2AADC7B8514EA4B7BECDF65666D0.text	5E5C2AADC7B8514EA4B7BECDF65666D0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) submarginatus J. Sahlberg 1913	<div><p>11. Saprinus (Saprinus) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913 Figs 12, 53, 54-62, 84</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Syria.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Algeria, Turkey, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iran (Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Badghan).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976), S. submarginatus is a typical inhabitant of xerophilous localities situated in higher elevations. During our sampling, a single specimen was collected. It was collected from altitude of 1174 m, during the summer season (June) from Badghan, Mount Lebanon where the rainfall average was 0 mm and the humidity 55.98 %, which would be in line with the above-mentioned observations of Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (loc. cit.; Fig. 84).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5E5C2AADC7B8514EA4B7BECDF65666D0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
A9E6BAFB0925570EA2840F4353F7029C.text	A9E6BAFB0925570EA2840F4353F7029C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) subnitescens Bickhardt 1909	<div><p>12. Saprinus (Saprinus) subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909 Figs 13, 63, 64-72, 84, 88b</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus subnitescens = Saprinus fagniezi Auzat, 1912</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus subnitescens = Saprinus lecontei Casey, 1916</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus subnitescens = Saprinus meridionalis Ihssen, 1949</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus subnitescens = Saprinus simulans J. Sahlberg, 1913</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Hungary, Romania.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Central and south Europe, North Africa, Spain (including Canary Islands), Portugal (including Madeira), Turkey, central Asia, introduced to north America (Mazur 2011). From Lebanon already reported by Lackner et al. (2015). We herein report this species from the following Lebanese localities: Fanar, Badghan, Naas, Deir El-Ahmar and Hammana (Fig. 84).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>A typical free-living volant predator found on carrion as well as in dung. In our samples we collected 242 specimens. Saprinus (S.) subnitescens was the most abundant species on the carcasses during both the active and advanced stage of decomposition.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9E6BAFB0925570EA2840F4353F7029C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
27E3B5BD172E561C8A0B14E2BD244742.text	27E3B5BD172E561C8A0B14E2BD244742.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius subsp. sparsutus Solsky 1876	<div><p>13. Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876 Figs 14, 73-81, 84, 89</p> <p>Saprinus Saprinus tenuistrius sparsutus = Saprinus brunnensis A. Fleischer, 1883</p> <p>Type locality.</p> <p>Uzbekistan.</p> <p>Distribution.</p> <p>Central and South Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, North China (Mazur 2011). Herein newly reported from Lebanon (Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya; Fig. 84).</p> <p>Biology.</p> <p>This species is found predominantly on carcasses. During our sampling eight specimens were collected.</p> <p>Comment.</p> <p>S. (S.) tenuistrius has another subspecies, the nominotypical S. (S.) tenuistrius tenuistrius Marseul, 1855, which is known from Egypt, north Africa, Ethiopia and Arabian Peninsula (Mazur 2011). According to Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) the nominotypical subspecies differs from the ssp. Saprinus tenuistrius sparsutus by aciculate punctation on the apical elytral half (the subspecies Saprinus tenuistrius sparsutus lacks this aciculate punctation).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/27E3B5BD172E561C8A0B14E2BD244742	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Shayya, Salman;Degallier, Nicolas;Nel, Andre;Azar, Dany;Lackner, Tomas	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: 117-152, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382
