Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803)

Lackner, Tomáš & Vienna, Pierpaolo, 2017, Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 57, pp. 55-76 : 72-73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0107
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11855C01-FBC0-4B44-89F8-7C7E0379C8E9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5345850
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scientific name	Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803)
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Saprinus (Saprinus) caerulescens caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803) View in CoL

Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA: 28 spec., Dixam plateau, wadi Zerriq [Zerig], 12°31′08″N, 53°59′09″E, 750 m, 3.xii.2003, D. Král lgt. ( NMPC).

Comment. Saprinus (S.) caerulescens caerulescens is a large, free-living volant predator, found mostly on larger carrion where it preys on larvae of smaller arthropods, especially cyclorrhaphan flies (T. Lackner, pers. observ.). According to MAZUR (2011), it is distributed in southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, the Azores and Cape Verde Archipelago, and Middle Asia. It has been introduced into Peru. From Socotra already reported by WRANIK (2003).