Saprinus (Saprinus) aeneus (Fabricius)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 262

Saprinus (Saprinus) aeneus (Fabricius)

Literature data. “All of Italy ” ( Bertolini 1904; Porta 1926). “ Sardinia ” ( Barajon 1966). Cagliari prov.: Cagliari, dint., [IV–VI.1882, ACo], 1 ex ( Costa 1883).

Notes. Apart from the old record by Costa (1883), this species is known from Sardinia on the basis of only three, very generic (see above) bibliographic references, and no Sardinian specimen was found in the collections examined. Thus, it is probable that all records from Bertolini (1904) onwards are based on that of Costa (1883), which I consider rather doubtful given the absence of data for Saprinus aeneus also from the neighbouring island of Corsica (see for example Secq & Secq 1997; Secq 2000b; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). I therefore exclude the presence of this species in Sardinia, at least until the identity of the specimen collected by Achille Costa is verified, providing that this specimen still exists (see notes under Hister bissexstriatus ).