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Checklist for Subfamily Saprininae Blanchard, 1845
and region Benelux (West Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
704
10060
34018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
701
10048
34000
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
647
9800
33419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
414
8082
29172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
111
2717
9943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
101
2460
8688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Staphyliniformia
Lameere, 1900
11
541
2582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Histeroidea
Gyllenhal, 1808
1
41
131
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyHisteridae
Gyllenhal, 1808
Clown beetle, Clown beetles, Hister beetles, Steel beetles
41
131
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilySaprininae
Blanchard, 1845
7
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Benelux
7 Genera with 30 Species
Chalcionellus Reichardt, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Gnathoncus Jacquelin-Duval, 17926SpeciesTaxom
Hypocacculus Bickhardt, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Hypocaccus Thomson, 19918SpeciesTaxom
Myrmetes Marseul, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Saprinus Erichson, 183413SpeciesTaxom
Xerosaprinus Wenzel, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benelux
30 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chalcionellus (Chalcionellus) decemstriatus P. Rossi, 1792
Gnathoncus buyssoni Auzat, 1917
Gnathoncus communis Marseul, 1862
Gnathoncus nannetensis Marseul, 1862
Gnathoncus nidicola (Joy, 1907)⇒ Gnathoncus communis Marseul, 1862
Gnathoncus punctulatus (C. G. Thomson, 1862)⇒ Gnathoncus rotundatus Kugelann, 1792
Gnathoncus rotundatus Kugelann, 1792
Hypocacculus (Hypocacculus) metallescens Erichson, 1834
Hypocaccus (Baeckmanniolus) dimidiatus Illiger, 1807
Hypocaccus dimidiatus maritimus Stephens, 1830
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) crassipes Erichson, 1834
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) metallicus Herbst, 1791
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugiceps Duftschmid, 1805
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) rugifrons Paykull, 1798
Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) sparsus Casey, 1916
Hypocaccus desertorum Mazur, 1991
Myrmetes paykulli Kanaar, 1979
Saprinus (Baeckmanniolus) maritimus Stephens, 1830
Saprinus (Saprinus) aeneus Fabricius, 1775
Saprinus (Saprinus) immundus Gyllenhal, 1827
Saprinus (Saprinus) lugens Erichson, 1834Clown beetle
Saprinus (Saprinus) nitidus Wiedemann, 1825
Saprinus (Saprinus) planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
Saprinus (Saprinus) politus Brahm, 1790
Saprinus (Saprinus) rugifer Paykull, 1809
Saprinus (Saprinus) semistriatus Scriba, 1790
Saprinus (Saprinus) subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909
Saprinus (Saprinus) virescens Paykull, 1798
Saprinus crassipes (Erichson, 1834)⇒ Hypocaccus crassipes Erichson, 1834
Saprinus metallescens (Erichson, 1834)⇒ Hypocacculus metallescens Erichson, 1834
Xerosaprinus (Xerosaprinus) testudo Casey, 1916


Links, sources and further information
Saprininae at artfakta.se
Saprininae at dyntaxa.se
Saprininae at itis.gov