Saprinus (Saprinus) aegialius Reitter, 1884

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 : 121

1. Saprinus (Saprinus) aegialius Reitter, 1884 Fig. 2

Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus incognitus Dahlgren, 1964

Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus therondi Auzat, 1931

Type locality.

Greece.

Distribution.

Slovakia, Southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, Armenia, Iran ( Mazur 2011). Reported from Lebanon by Lackner et al. (2015).

Biology.

The biology of S. aegialius is not adequately known, but the species is often found on carcasses. This species is often confused with Saprinus immundus (Gyllenhal, 1808), and it was absent from our sampling (therefore not shown on a distributional map).

Figures

Figure 2. Saprinus (S.) aegialius Reitter, 1884 habitus, dorsal view.