Biology:Xerosaprinus

Short description: Genus of beetles

Xerosaprinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Saprininae
Genus:	Xerosaprinus Wenzel in Arnett, 1962

Xerosaprinus is a genus of clown beetles in the family Histeridae. There are more than 20 described species in Xerosaprinus.

Species

These 29 species belong to the genus Xerosaprinus:

• Xerosaprinus acilinea (Marseul, 1862)
• Xerosaprinus bispeculatus (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus chiliensis (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus ciliatoides (Fall, 1917)
• Xerosaprinus ciliatus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus coerulescens (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus desertoides (McGrath & Hatch, 1941)
• Xerosaprinus diptychus (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus effusus (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus fimbriatus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus fulgidus (J.E.LeConte, 1859)
• Xerosaprinus hidalgo Mazur, 1990
• Xerosaprinus ignotus (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus intritus (Casey, 1893)
• Xerosaprinus laciniatus (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus lubricus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus martini (Fall, 1917)
• Xerosaprinus neglectus (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus orbicularis
• Xerosaprinus orbiculatus (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus plenus (J.L.LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus psyche (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus scabriceps (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus testudo (Casey, 1916)
• Xerosaprinus vafer (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus vestitus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus viator (Marseul, 1855)
• Xerosaprinus vitiosus (J. L. LeConte, 1851)
• Xerosaprinus wenzeli Bousquet & Laplante, 2006

Further reading

• Mazur, Slawomir (2011). A Concise Catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). WULS - SGGW Press. ISBN 978-83-7583-3171. 
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books. 2015. ISBN 978-90-04-29685-5. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14889289 entry