Saprinus (Saprinus) strigil Marseul, 1855

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 : 126-127

10. Saprinus (Saprinus) strigil Marseul, 1855 Figs 11 , 84 , 88a

Type locality.

Ethiopia.

Distribution.

East and central Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta, Syria, Israel ( Mazur 2011). Newly reported from Lebanon (Hasbaya, Badghan, Fanar, Deir El-Ahmar, Naas; Fig. 84 ).

Biology.

Insufficiently known, according to our observations it is similar to its congeners. In our samples, we collected 149 specimens mainly during the active decay stage and several specimens in other stages of decomposition (Table 1 ).

Figures

Figure 11. Saprinus (S.) strigil Marseul, 1855 habitus, dorsal view.

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

Figure 88. Abundance of Saprinus (S.) strigil (88 a) and S. (S.) subnitescens (88 b) during the decomposition stages in different Lebanese localities.