Saprinus ornatus
Saprinus ornatus | |
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Saprinus ornatus from Tunisia. Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Superfamily: | Histeroidea |
Family: | Histeridae |
Subfamily: | Histerinae |
Genus: | Saprinus |
Species: | S. ornatus |
Binomial name | |
Saprinus ornatus Erichson, 1834 | |
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Saprinus ornatus is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae. [3]
Description
These scavenger beetles can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Elytra are black, with two orange markings.
Distribution
This species is present in the European Turkey, in North Africa, Northern Asia (excluding China) and Southern Asia.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Fabio Penati; Pierpaolo Vienna An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian peninsula, with biogeographical remarks
- ↑ GBIF
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ ITIS
- ↑ Fauna europaea
External links
- Atlas of clown beetles (Histeridae) of Russia
- List of Egyptian insects in the collection of the Ministry of agriculture
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