Saprinus chalcites Illiger, 1807
Family: Histeridae
Size: 2.9 mm (2.0 to 3.5 mm)
Distribution: Africa: Widely distributed across the continent;
Asia: Includes the Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, India, and Myanmar; Australia: Western Australia and the Northern Territory; Europe: Part of the Palaearctic region
Biology: Lives in dung and also in carrion and in rotting plant material
Location: Senegal, south of M`Bour, envir. Club Aldiana
leg. U.Schmidt, 23.V.-4.VI.1991; det. U.Schmidt, 2008
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2025

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