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Saprinus ornatus
Saprinus ornatus from Tunisia. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Saprininae
Genus:	Saprinus
Species:	S. ornatus
Binomial name
Saprinus ornatus Erichson, 1834
Synonyms
Saprinus osiris Marseul, 1862 Hister fasciolatus Gebler, 1845 Saprinus equestris Erichson, 1843

Saprinus ornatus is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae.

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.

References

1. Fabio Penati; Pierpaolo Vienna An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian peninsula, with biogeographical remarks
2. GBIF
3. Biolib
4. ITIS
5. Fauna europaea

External links

• Atlas of clown beetles (Histeridae) of Russia
• List of Egyptian insects in the collection of the Ministry of agriculture

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• Histeridae
• Beetles described in 1834
• Polyphaga stubs