Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Théry, Thomas; Gomy, Yves; Dégallier, Nicolas

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“…This species was described from the Republic of South Africa, and is widespread across sub-saharan and tropical Africa to the Arab peninsula and westward through Afghanistan, Pakistan and India to the Indo-Malayan Region; it is also found in Taiwan and Japan and has been recorded in Australia (Théry et al 2009; Mazur 2011). In Australopacific Region it is known from Australia (Queensland, Northern Territory, Victoria and Western Australia) as well as from Papua New Guinea and Marianna Islands (Lackner and Gomy 2016; Figs 755, 764).…”

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A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Lackner¹,

Leschen²

2017

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The Australopacific Saprininae, containing twelve genera and forty species, are reviewed, illustrated and keyed to genera and species. Two new genera, Australopachylopus gen. n. (New Zealand, type species Saprinus lepidulus Broun, 1881) and Iridoprinus gen. n. (Australia, type species I. myrmecophilus sp. n.) and four new species: Saprinus (Saprinus) rarus sp. n. (Australia), Saprinus (Saprinus) chathamensis sp. n. (Chatham Islands, New Zealand), Saprinus (Saprinus) pseudodetritus sp. n. (Chatham Islands, New Zealand) and Saprinus (Saprinus) pacificus sp. n. (Kiribati) are described. The Saprininae fauna of the Australopacific Region is a mixture of northern invaders that most likely arrived to the region in early Cenozoic by ‘island hopping’ from north (Hypocaccus, Hypocacculus, several Saprinus) and truly autochthonous taxa either with uncertain phylogenetic affinities (Iridoprinus gen. n., Saprinodes Lewis, 1891, Reichardtia Wenzel, 1944, Australopachylopus gen. n.), primitive Australopacific endemics (e.g. Tomogenius Marseul, 1862) or presumed relicts (several species of Saprinus Erichson, 1834). Several Saprininae taxa (Chalcionellus aeneovirens (Schmidt, 1890); (Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann, 1792); G. communis (Marseul, 1862); Euspilotus (Neosaprinus) rubriculus (Marseul, 1855); Hypocaccus (Nessus) interpunctatus interpunctatus (Schmidt, 1885); Saprinus (S.) chalcites (Illiger, 1807) and Saprinus (S.) cupreus Erichson, 1834)) were introduced into the region with human activity. We report the first cases of myrmecophily (Iridoprinus myrmecophilus gen. et sp. n.) and termitophily (Saprinus rarus sp. n.) in the Saprininae from the Australopacific Region. Lectotypes and paralectotypes of the following taxa are designated herein: Saprinus amethystinus Lewis, 1900, Saprinus apricarius Erichson, 1834, Saprinus artensis Marseul, 1862, Saprinus auricollis Marseul, 1855, Saprinus australasiae Blackburn, 1903, Saprinus bistrigifrons Marseul, 1855, Saprinus certus Lewis, 1888, Saprinus communis Marseul, 1862, Saprinus cupreus Erichson, 1834, Saprinus cyanellus Marseul, 1855, Hister cyaneus Fabricius, 1775, Saprinus dentipes Marseul, 1855, Saprinus desbordesi Auzat, 1916, Saprinus gayndahensis MacLeay, 1871, Saprinus hyla Marseul, 1864, Saprinus incisisternus Marseul, 1862, Saprinus incisus Erichson, 1842, Saprinus irinus Marseul, 1862, Saprinus laetus Erichson, 1834, Saprinus lepidulus Broun, 1881, Saprinus mastersii MacLeay, 1871, Saprinus nitiduloides Fairmaire, 1883, Saprinus pedator Sharp, 1876, Saprinus pseudocyaneus White, 1846, Saprinus rubriculus Marseul, 1855, Saprinus sinae Marseul, 1862, Saprinus tasmanicus Marseul, 1855, Saprinus tyrrhenus Blackburn, 1903, Saprinus varians Schmidt, 1890, Saprinus vernulus Blackburn, 1903, Saprinus viridanus Lewis, 1899, Saprinus viridipennis Lewis, 1901, and Saprinus westraliensis Blackburn, 1903. The synonymy of Saprinus tyrrhenus Blackburn, 1903 is revoked and the species is considered as valid (stat. n.). Seven new synonymies are proposed: Saprinus gayndahensis MacLea...

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“…According to Théry et al (2009) much of this variation is linked to the geographic origins of the specimens. Saprinus (S.) splendens has been re-described recently in detail (Lackner and Gomy 2016) and the reader is referred to its re-description there.…”

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A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Lackner¹,

Leschen²

2017

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“…Saprinus (S.) splendens is a common, widely distributed species, occurring on carrion in the entire region of tropical and subtropical Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, in the entire Oriental Realm, including Japan in the east, and it is likewise widely spread in Australia (MAZUR 2011). From Socotra already reported by TASCHENBERG (1883), GAHAN (1903) and THÉRY et al (2009). (Colpellus) praecox, Saprinus (S.) bicolor, S. (S.) caerulescens, S. (S.) chalcites, S. (S.) splendens, Atholus bicolor, and Platylomalus digitatus).…”

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“…MÜLLER 1954, KRYZHANOVSKIJ 1979, MAZUR 1994, KANAAR 2008, with the efforts culminating in the publication of a comprehensive catalogue of the local histerid fauna by PENATI & VIENNA (2006). Regarding the fauna of the Socotra Archipelago, which is known to harbour high proportion of endemic fl ora and fauna (including insects), there have been only scant published records: several histerids were mentioned in the works of TASCHENBERG (1883), GAHAN (1903), WRANIK (2003), andTHÉRY et al (2009). LACKNER & KAPLER (2007) described the fi rst Socotran endemic, Eutriptus jirinae.…”

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Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)

Lackner¹,

Vienna²

2017

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae

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Abstract The histerid beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of Socotra Island (Yemen) are reviewed based on the material collected during the Czech expeditions undertaken between 2000 and 2012. A total of 20 species are recorded, three of which are described herein: Pachycraerus socotrensis sp. nov., Liopygus occidentalis sp. nov., and Teretrius (Neoteretrius) dispar sp. nov. Hypocaccus virescens Thérond, 1963 is transferred from the subgenus Baeckmanniolus Reichardt, 1926 to Hypocaccus s. str. Thomson, 1867 based on external morphology. Most taxa, albeit determined only up to their (sub)generic rank, are recorded from Socotra for the first time. Due to poor understanding of their taxonomy, or lack of determination keys to the following (sub)genera: Tribalus Erichson, 1834, Plegaderus (Plegaderus) Erichson, 1834, Acritus (Acritus) LeConte, 1853, and Teretrius (Teretrius) Erichson, 1834, their representatives from Socotra are left without identification pending revisions. The Socotran histerid fauna has been found to consist mainly of widely distributed African, Arabian/Near Eastern taxa, as well as local endemics. The occurrence of the (predominantly Holarctic) genus Plegaderus and the exclusively southeast Asian genus Liopygus Lewis, 1891 in Socotra is highly interesting.

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Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago – underlined and counted

Bezděk¹,

Hájek²

2017

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Abstract Altogether, 1,564 species taxa (identified at least to the genus level) from 25 orders of Hexapoda have been recorded from the Socotra Archipelago to date. In addition, members of Diplura and Ephemeroptera are known from the archipelago as well, but they have not been identified so far. The most speciose order in Socotra are beetles (Coleoptera) with 540 species. The total number of endemic taxa described from the archipelago is 662 species, which represents 42% of all known species. The vast majority of species is known from the main Socotra Island (1,520 species, 635 endemic taxa). The diversity of insects in Socotra is briefly commented on and compared with the nearest archipelago – the Seychelles.

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Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

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A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae)

Histeridae of Socotra (Coleoptera: Histeroidea)

Insect biodiversity of the Socotra Archipelago – underlined and counted

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