Saprininae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Histeroidea

Familia: Histeridae
Subfamilia: Saprininae
Genera: Afroprinus – Ammostyphrus - Aphelosternus - Australopachylopus – Axelinus - Baeckmanniolus – Chalcionellus - Chelyoxenus - Chivaenius - Ctenophilothis - Dahlgrenius - Eopachylopus - Eremosaprinus - Euspilotus - Exaesiopus - Geomysaprinus - Gnathoncus - Hypocacculus - Hypocaccus - Iridoprinus – Malagasyprinus – Microsaprinus - Monachister - Myrmetes - Neopachylopus - Notosaprinus - Pachylopus - Paraeuspilotus – Parahypocaccus - Paramyrmetes - Paraphilothis - Paravolvulus - Philothis - Philoxenus - Pholioxenus - Phoxonotus - Reichardtia - Reichardtiolus - Saprinillus - Saprinodes - Saprinus - Sarandibrinus – Sartrapister - Styphrus - Terametopon - Tomogenius - Xenonychus - Xenophilothis - Xerosaprinus - Zorius
- Baeckmanniolus - Chalcionellus - Chelyoxenus - Chivaenius - Ctenophilothis - Dahlgrenius - Eopachylopus - Eremosaprinus - Euspilotus - Exaesiopus - Geomysaprinus - Gnathoncus - Hypocacculus - Hypocaccus - Microsaprinus - Monachister - Myrmetes - Neopachylopus - Notosaprinus - Pachylopus - Parahypocaccus - Paramyrmetes - Paraphilothis - Paravolvulus - Philothis - Philoxenus - Pholioxenus - Phoxonotus - Reichardtia - Reichardtiolus - Saprinillus - Saprinodes - Saprinus - Sartrapister - Styphrus - Terametopon -

Name

Saprininae Blanchard, 1845

References

Blanchard, C.É. 1845. Histoire naturelle des insectes leurs moeurs, leurs métamorphoses et leur classification ou traité élémentaire d’entomologie. Tome premier. Paris, 398 pp.; pls. 1–10. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.35820 BHL Reference page.
Lackner, T. 2010: Review of the Palaearctic genera of Saprininae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(supplementum) Abstract Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Lackner, T. 2013: Elevation of Pilisaprinus to full generic status with notes on the evolution of termitoxeny in the Saprininae (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(2): 623–632. PDF Reference page.
Lackner, T. 2014: Phylogeny of the Saprininae reveals interesting ecological shifts in the history of the subfamily (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 172(3): 521–555. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12182 Reference page.
Lackner, T. 2016. Satrapister nitens Bickhardt, 1912: redescription and tentative phylogenetic placement of a mysterious taxon (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Saprininae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 63(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.3897/dez.63.6363. Reference page.
Lackner, T. 2017. Redescription of the enigmatic neotropical inquiline Paramyrmetes foveipennis Bruch, 1929 (Coleoptera: Histeridae) with notes on myrmecophily in the Saprininae subfamily. ZooKeys 675: 57—73. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.675.12690. Reference page.
Lackner, T. & Leschen, R.A.B. 2017. A monograph of the Australopacific Saprininae (Coleoptera, Histeridae). ZooKeys 689: 1—263. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.689.12021. Reference page.

Saprininae is a subfamily of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 50 genera and 800 described species in Saprininae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These 54 genera belong to the subfamily Saprininae:

Afroprinus Lackner, 2013
Afrosaprinus Vienna, 2015
Alienocacculus Kanaar, 2008
Ammostyphrus Reichardt, 1924
Aphelosternus Wenzel in Arnett, 1962
Axelinus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976
Chalcionellus Reichardt, 1932
Chelyoxenus Hubbard, 1894
Chivaenius Olexa, 1980
Ctenophilothis Kryzhanovskij, 1987
Dahlgrenius Penati & Vienna, 1996
Eopachylopus Reichardt, 1926
Erebidus Reichardt, 1941
Eremosaprinus Ross, 1939
Euspilotus Lewis, 1907
Exaesiopus Reichardt, 1926
Geomysaprinus Ross, 1940
Gnathoncus Jacquelin-Duval, 1858
Hemisaprinus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976
Hypocacculus Bickhardt, 1914
Hypocaccus C. Thomson, 1867
Malagasyprinus Lackner & Gomy, 2013
Microsaprinus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976
Monachister Mazur, 1991
Myrmetes Marseul, 1862
Nannolepidius Reichardt, 1932
Neopachylopus Reichardt, 1926
Notosaprinus Kryzhanovskij, 1972
Orateon Lackner & Ratto, 2014
Pachylopus Erichson, 1834
Parahypocaccus Vienna, 1995
Paramyrmetes Bruch, 1929
Paraphilothis Vienna, 1994
Paravolvulus Reichardt, 1932
Philothis Reichardt, 1930
Philoxenus Mazur, 1991
Pholioxenus Reichardt, 1932
Phoxonotus Marseul, 1862
Pilisaprinus Kanaar, 1996
Reichardtia Wenzel, 1944
Reichardtiolus Kryzhanovskij, 1959
Saprinillus Kryzhanovskij, 1974
Saprinodes Lewis, 1891
Saprinus Erichson, 1834
Sarandibrinus Lackner & Gomy, 2014
Satrapister Bickhardt, 1912
Styphrus Motschulsky, 1845
Terametopon Vienna, 1987
Tomogenius Marseul, 1862
Turanostyphrus Tishechkin, 2005
Xenonychus Wollaston, 1864
Xenophilothis Kryzhanovskij, 1987
Xerosaprinus Wenzel in Arnett, 1962
Zorius Reichardt, 1932

References

"Saprininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
"Saprininae subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 22 June 2019.

Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.