# Saprinus

Saprinus is a genus of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae. There are more than 200 described species in Saprinus. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.

## Species

These 208 species belong to Saprinus.
* Saprinus aberlenci Gomy & Vienna, 1994
* Saprinus acilinea Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1798)
* Saprinus addendus Dahlgren, 1964
* Saprinus aegialius Reitter, 1884
* Saprinus aegyptiacus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus aeneolus Marseul, 1870
* Saprinus aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Saprinus aequalis Walker, 1871
* Saprinus aeratus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus africanus Dahlgren, 1969
* Saprinus algericus (Paykull, 1811)
* Saprinus alienus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus amethystinus Lewis, 1900
* Saprinus apteli Chobaut, 1922
* Saprinus artensis Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus auricollis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus austerus Reichardt, 1930
* Saprinus australis (Boisduval, 1835)
* Saprinus basalis Fairmaire, 1898
* Saprinus beduinus Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus bicolor (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
* Saprinus bicoloroides Dahlgren, 1964
* Saprinus biguttatus (Steven, 1806)
* Saprinus bimaculatus Dahlgren, 1964
* Saprinus biplagiatus Ballion, 1871
* Saprinus bispeculatus Casey, 1916
* Saprinus blissonii Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus bousaadensis Dahlgren, 1974
* Saprinus brenskei Reitter, 1884
* Saprinus brunnivestis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus buqueti Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus caerulescens (Hoffmann, 1803)
* Saprinus calatravensis Fuente, 1899
* Saprinus cariniceps Müller, G., 1944
* Saprinus cavalieri Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus centralis Dahlgren, 1971
* Saprinus chalcites (Illiger, 1807)
* Saprinus chathamensis Lackner & Leschen, 2017
* Saprinus chiliensis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus ciliatoides Fall, 1917
* Saprinus ciliatus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus coerulescens LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus concinnus (Gebler, 1830)
* Saprinus confalonierii Müller, G., 1933
* Saprinus corpulentus (Motschulsky, 1845)
* Saprinus cribellatus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus cruciatus (Fabricius, 1792)
* Saprinus crypticus Dahlgren, 1967
* Saprinus cupratus Kolenati, 1846
* Saprinus cupreus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Saprinus cyprius Dahlgren, 1981
* Saprinus dahlgreni Vienna, 1996
* Saprinus delta Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus desertoides McGrath & Hatch, 1941
* Saprinus detersus (Illiger, 1807)
* Saprinus detritus (Fabricius, 1775)
* Saprinus diptychus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus discoidalis LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus distinctus (Dégallier, 1993)
* Saprinus distinguendus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus divergens Dahlgren, 1967
* Saprinus diversegenitalis Olexa, 1992
* Saprinus dussaulti Marseul, 1870
* Saprinus effusus Casey, 1916
* Saprinus erbilensis Abdulla, Ahmmed, Mawlood & Omar., 2021
* Saprinus erichsonii Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus exiguus Vienna, 1993
* Saprinus externus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1824)
* Saprinus falcifer (Lewis, 1891)
* Saprinus fallaciosus Müller, G., 1937
* Saprinus felipae Lewis, 1913
* Saprinus figuratus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus fimbriatus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus flavipennis Péringuey, 1885
* Saprinus fraterculus Müller, G., 1944
* Saprinus fraudulentus Müller, G., 1944
* Saprinus frontistrius Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus fulgidicollis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus fulgidus LeConte, J. E., 1860
* Saprinus funebris Vienna, 1996
* Saprinus furvus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus gageti Peyerimhoff, 1943
* Saprinus gambiensis Dahlgren, 1972
* Saprinus georgicus Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus gilvicornis Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus godet (Brullé, 1832)
* Saprinus goergeni Gomy, 2000
* Saprinus graculus Reichardt, 1929
* Saprinus grandiclava Kanaar, 1989
* Saprinus guyanensis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus hansmuhlei Gomy & Vienna, 2012
* Saprinus havajirii Kapler, 2000
* Saprinus hidalgo (Mazur, 1990)
* Saprinus himalajicus Dahlgren, 1971
* Saprinus ignotus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus immundus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
* Saprinus imperfectus LeConte, J. E., 1844
* Saprinus impressus LeConte, J. E., 1844
* Saprinus inausus Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus infimus Vienna, 1997
* Saprinus inflatus Vienna, 1981
* Saprinus interruptus (Paykull, 1811)
* Saprinus intractabilis Reichardt, 1929
* Saprinus intricatus Erichson, 1843
* Saprinus intritus Casey, 1893
* Saprinus jacobsoni Reichardt, 1923
* Saprinus kaszabianus Dahlgren, 1971
* Saprinus labordei Lackner & Gomy, 2016
* Saprinus laciniatus Casey, 1916
* Saprinus laetus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus lateralis Motschulsky, 1849
* Saprinus lautus Erichson, 1839
* Saprinus lepidulus Broun, 1881
* Saprinus lopatini Kryzhanovskij & Tishechkin, 1994
* Saprinus lubricus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus lucemseductus Kanaar, 2008
* Saprinus lugens Erichson, 1834 (Clown beetle)
* Saprinus lutshniki Kryzhanovskij, 1976
* Saprinus maculatus (Rossi, P., 1792)
* Saprinus magnoguttatus Müller, G., 1937
* Saprinus martini Fall, 1917
* Saprinus melas Küster, 1849
* Saprinus mirabilis (Vienna, 1994)
* Saprinus moyses Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus multistriatus Roth, 1851
* Saprinus namibiensis Thérond & Vienna, 1983
* Saprinus neglectus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus niger Motschulsky, 1849
* Saprinus niponicus Dahlgren, 1962
* Saprinus nitiduloides Fairmaire, 1883
* Saprinus nitidus (Wiedemann, 1825)
* Saprinus nobilis Wollaston, 1864
* Saprinus optabilis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus orbiculatus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus oregonensis LeConte, J. E., 1844
* Saprinus ornatus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus pacificus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
* Saprinus pamiricus Reichardt, 1930
* Saprinus pecuinus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus pedator Sharp, 1876
* Saprinus pensylvanicus (Paykull, 1811)
* Saprinus perinterruptus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus pharao Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus planisternus Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus planiusculus Motschulsky, 1849
* Saprinus plenus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus politus (Brahm, 1790)
* Saprinus prasinus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus profusus Casey, 1893
* Saprinus proximus Wollaston, 1864
* Saprinus pseudobicolor Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus pseudodetritus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
* Saprinus psyche Casey, 1916
* Saprinus pulcher Bickhardt, 1911
* Saprinus punctatissimus Erichson, 1834
* Saprinus punctulatus (Olivier, A. G., 1789)
* Saprinus purpuricollis Schmidt, J. E. F., 1890
* Saprinus quadriguttatus (Fabricius, 1798)
* Saprinus rarus Lackner & Leschen, 2017
* Saprinus rhodesiae Reichardt, 1933
* Saprinus rhytipterus Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus robustus Krása, 1944
* Saprinus ruber Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus rufulus (Faldermann, 1838)
* Saprinus rugifer (Paykull, 1809)
* Saprinus rugipennis Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus russatus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus scabriceps Casey, 1916
* Saprinus secchii Théry, T., 2009
* Saprinus sedakovii Motschulsky, 1860
* Saprinus semiopacus Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
* Saprinus semirosus Marseul, 1870
* Saprinus semistriatus (Scriba, L. G., 1790)
* Saprinus simplicifrons Müller, G., 1944
* Saprinus simplicipennis Dahlgren, 1969
* Saprinus sinaiticus Crotch, 1872
* Saprinus spernax Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus splendens (Paykull, 1811)
* Saprinus steppensis Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus sternifossa Müller, G., 1937
* Saprinus strigil Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus stussineri Reitter, 1909
* Saprinus subcoerulus Thérond, 1978
* Saprinus subdiptychus Marseul, 1870
* Saprinus submarginatus Sahlberg, J., 1913
* Saprinus subnitescens Bickhardt, 1909
* Saprinus subustus Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus subvirescens (Ménétriés, 1832)
* Saprinus suturalis Marseul, 1862
* Saprinus tenuistrius Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus testudo Casey, 1916
* Saprinus turcomanicus Ménétriés, 1847
* Saprinus tyrrhenus Blackburn, 1903
* Saprinus uvarovi Müller, G., 1954
* Saprinus vafer Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus vatovai Müller, G., 1944
* Saprinus versicolor Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus vestitus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus viator Marseul, 1855
* Saprinus virescens (Paykull, 1798)
* Saprinus viridanus Lewis, 1899
* Saprinus viridicatus Schmidt, J. E. F., 1894
* Saprinus viridipennis Lewis, 1901
* Saprinus vitiosus LeConte, J. L., 1851
* Saprinus walkeri Bickhardt, 1910
* Saprinus wenzeli (Bousquet & Laplante, 2006)