Genus Saprinus Erichson, 1834

Saprinus Erichson, 1834: 172 [type species: Hister nitidulus Fabricius, 1801: 85. Designated by Westwood, 1840: 22]; Lacordaire, 1854: 274; Marseul, 1855: 327; Jacquelin-Duval, 1858: 111; Thomson, 1862: 235; Schmidt, 1885: 302; Ganglauber, 1899: 380; Reitter, 1909: 290, 291; Jakobson, 1911: 641, 649; Bickhardt, 1916-17: 82, 84; 1921: 109; Peyerimhoff, 1936: 223; Reichardt, 1941: 156, 176; Arnett, 1962: 374, 380; Dahlgren, 1962: 237-248; 1964: 152-162; 1967: 213-224; 1968a: 82-94; 1968b: 255-268; 1969b: 257-269; Witzgall, 1971: 168-172; Dahlgren, 1974: 401-404; Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt, 1976: 125; Mazur, 1973: 29; 1980: 73; 1984: 44; Vienna, 1980: 129;.

Plesioprinus Houlbert and Monnot, 1923: 72 (nom. nud.), synonymized by Cooman, 1947: 428.


Subgenus Saprinus Erichson, 1834



Subgenus Microsaprinus Kryzhanovskij


Subgenus Microsaprinus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij and Reichardt, 1976: 184



 

Key to the Japanese species of the genus Saprinus

 

1(4) Basal half of interval between 1st and 4th dorsal elytral striae coarsely punctate.

2(3) Pygidium wholly punctate, without impunctate band on longidtudinal mid line. Mesosternum coarsely punctate. .............. S. cyaneus auricollis Marseul, 1855

3(2) Pygidium with an impunctate band on longitudinal mid line. Mesosternum without coarse punctures. ............................. S. splendens (Paykull, 1811)

4(1) Basal half of interval between 1st and 4th dorsal elytral striae smooth, at least finely punctate.

5(6) Third elytral dorsal stria short, usually half as long as 4th or 2nd stria. .......... ..................................................... S. planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849

6(5) Third elytral dorsal stria as long as 4th or 2nd stria. ................................... ............................................................. S. niponicus Dahlgren, 1962

Another species, Saprinus pecuinus, has been recorded from Japan.


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