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Subfamily Saprininae

Hister Beetle - Geomysaprinus Histerid - Hypocaccus - male Clown Beetle? - Saprinus pensylvanicus Gnathoncus rotundatus (Kugelann) - Gnathoncus rotundatus Beetle - Euspilotus assimilis Histeridae: sp.? - Saprinus acilinea Saprinus (lugens?) near Chiricahua Mountains  - Saprinus Saprinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Family Histeridae (Clown Beetles)
Subfamily Saprininae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
see (1)
Explanation of Names
Saprininae Blanchard 1845
Numbers
~740 spp. in 74 genera total(1)
Works Cited
1.Saprininae: Phylogeny, biogeography and a new classification of the subfamily (Coleoptera_ Histeridae)
Lackner T., Zhang Y.M., Kindler C., Motyka M., Balke M. 2023. Syst. Entomol. 1―24.