Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876

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, pp. 117-152 : 128-129

13. Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876 Figs 14 , 73-81 , 84 , 89

Saprinus Saprinus tenuistrius sparsutus = Saprinus brunnensis A. Fleischer, 1883

Type locality.

Uzbekistan.

Distribution.

Central and South Europe, Central Asia, Mongolia, North China ( Mazur 2011). Herein newly reported from Lebanon (Deir El-Ahmar, Hasbaya; Fig. 84 ).

Biology.

This species is found predominantly on carcasses. During our sampling eight specimens were collected.

Comment.

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).

Figures

Figure 14. Saprinus (S.) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876 habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 84. Distribution of S. (S.) strigil, S. (S.) submarginatus, S. (S.) subnitescens, and S. (S.) tenuistrius sparsutus in Lebanon.

Figure 89. Abundance of Saprinus (S.) tenuistrius sparsutus during the decomposition stages in different Lebanese localities.

Figures 73 - 81. 73 Saprinus (S.) tenuistrius sparsutus Solsky, 1876 male genitalia: 8 th sternite and tergite, ventral view 74 8 th sternite and tergite, dorsal view 75 8 th sternite and tergite, lateral view 76 9 th + 10 th tergites, dorsal view 77 9 th + 10 th tergites, lateral view 78 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), ventral view 79 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), lateral view 80 aedeagus, dorsal view 81 aedeagus, lateral view.