Saprininae

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Saprininae
Chalcionellus krikkeni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Histeridae
Subfamily: Saprininae
Blanchard, 1845

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]

Saprinus splendens

Genera[edit]

These 54 genera belong to the subfamily Saprininae:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Saprininae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. ^ 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.

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