Biology:Saprinus ornatus

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

Short description: Species of beetle

Saprinus ornatus is a species of clown beetles belonging to the family Histeridae.^[3]

Description

These scavenger beetles can reach a length of about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). Elytra are black, with two orange markings.

This species is present in the European Turkey, in North Africa, Northern Asia (excluding China) and Southern Asia.^[4]^[5]

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Saprinus ornatus

Saprinus ornatus from Tunisia. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Histeroidea
Family:	Histeridae
Subfamily:	Histerinae
Genus:	Saprinus
Species:	S. ornatus
Binomial name
*Saprinus ornatus* Erichson, 1834
Synonyms
Saprinus osiris Marseul, 1862 ^[1] Hister fasciolatus Gebler, 1845 Saprinus equestris Erichson, 1843 ^[2]