Saprinus (Saprinus) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913

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 : 127

11. Saprinus (Saprinus) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913 Figs 12 , 53 , 54-62 , 84

Type locality.

Syria.

Distribution.

Algeria, Turkey, Israel, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Iran ( Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Badghan).

Biology.

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 ).

Figures

Figure 12. Saprinus (S.) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913 habitus, dorsal view.

Figure 53. Saprinus (S.) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913 prosternum.

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

Figures 54 - 62. 54 Saprinus (S.) submarginatus J. Sahlberg, 1913 male genitalia: 8 th sternite and tergite, ventral view 55 8 th sternite and tergite, dorsal view 56 8 th sternite and tergite, lateral view 57 9 th + 10 th tergites, dorsal view 58 9 th + 10 th tergites, lateral view 59 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), ventral view 60 spiculum gastrale (9 th sternite), lateral view 61 aedeagus, dorsal view 62 aedeagus, lateral view.