Saprinus ornatus

Saprinus ornatus
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
Synonyms
  • Saprinus osiris Marseul, 1862 [1]
  • Hister fasciolatus Gebler, 1845
  • Saprinus equestris Erichson, 1843

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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]

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