Contribution to the knowledge of Saprinus Erichson, 1834 of forensic relevance from Lebanon (Coleoptera, Histeridae) Author Shayya, Salman Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universites, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie F- 75005, Paris, France & Universite Libanaise, Ecole Doctorale de Sciences et Technologies, Campus Universitaire de Rafic Hariri - Hadath, Lebanon & Lebanese atomic energy commission, National Council of Scientific Research - Lebanon (CNRS-L) & Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Natural Sciences, P. O. Box: 26110217, Fanar - Matn, Lebanon Author Degallier, Nicolas 120 rue de Charonne, 75011 Paris, France Author Nel, Andre Institut de Systematique, Evolution, Biodiversite, ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE, Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universites, 57 rue Cuvier, CP 50, Entomologie F- 75005, Paris, France Author Azar, Dany State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, China & Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences II, Department of Natural Sciences, P. O. Box: 26110217, Fanar - Matn, Lebanon Author Lackner, Tomas Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Muenchhausenstrasse 21, 81247 Munich, Germany lackobelansky@mac.com text ZooKeys 2018 2018-02-19 738 117 152 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.21382 1313-2970-738-117 97386B0DBC994142A1270E64F4D077F6 32225A298B13FFFFB442FFD5FFA98A06 1222292 1. Saprinus (Saprinus) aegialius Reitter, 1884 Fig. 2 Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus incognitus Dahlgren, 1964 Saprinus Saprinus aegialius = Saprinus therondi Auzat, 1931 Type locality. Greece. Distribution. Slovakia, Southern Europe, Mediterranean subregion, Armenia, Iran ( Mazur 2011 ). Reported from Lebanon by Lackner et al. (2015) . Biology. The biology of S. aegialius is not adequately known, but the species is often found on carcasses. This species is often confused with Saprinus immundus (Gyllenhal, 1808), and it was absent from our sampling (therefore not shown on a distributional map). Figure 2. Saprinus (S.) aegialius Reitter, 1884 habitus, dorsal view.