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Genus Saprinus Erichson, 1834

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Genus Saprinus Erichson, 1834

Taxonomic Decision for Subgeneric Arrangement

 

Introduction

Review of genus and key to species given by Lachner & Leschen (2017).

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HISTERIDAE: Saprinus detritus (Fabricius, 1775) — Kuschel, G. 1987. A New Zealand histerid beetle of Fabricius mistakenly described from Australia (Coleoptera: Histeridae). New Zealand Entomologist 9: 56-57

HISTERIDAE: Saprinus lindrothi Dahlgren, 1968 [Lackner & Leschen (2017) state that 'Saprinus lindrothi is conspecific with S. prasinus Erichson, 1834, agreeing with the description of S. prasinus as published by Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt (1976) and sharing all significant characters. We compared the type specimen of S. lindrothi to verified specimens of S. prasinus from Israel. We found no other specimens of S. lindrothi among Australopacific material, and therefore conclude that the species has been mislabeled and is not treated in full detail in this study.']

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Namibia (Southwest Africa)
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
    • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
  • Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

  • Sri Lanka

Palaearctic Region

  • Afghanistan
  • China (People's Republic)
  • Japan
  • Saudi Arabia

Distribution References

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022 HYDROPHILOIDEA 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 02-Aug-2022 MODIFIED Max Beatson
28-Jun-2018 Saprininae 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED
28-Sep-2022 MODIFIED