An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks * Author Penati, Fabio text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 197 280 journal article 1175-5326 Saprinus ( Saprinus ) lautus Erichson Literature data.Sardinia ” ( Bertolini 1904 ; Porta 1926 ; Luigioni 1929 ; Horion 1949 ; Barajon 1966 ; Vienna 1980 ; Audisio et al . 1995 ; Yélamos & Lackner 2004 ). Notes. The specimen of Saprinus algericus present in the Baudi di Selve collection under the name “ S . lautus ” proves, in my opinion, that the first record of S . lautus for Sardinia , later reported by several authors, was probably based on a misidentification. In reality, as already stated by Penati and Vienna (2002) , S . lautus is absent from Sardinia .