Orphinus

Orphinus
	Orphinus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Bostrichiformia
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Orphinus; Motschulsky, 1858

Orphinus is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed in Africa, Asia, and the Australian region, especially in tropical areas; at least one species is cosmopolitan.^[1] There are about 88 species.^[2]

Species include:

Arrow, 1915
Reitter, 1881
Pic, 1927
Pic, 1918
Háva, 2003
Pic, 1916
Armstrong, 1943
Blackburn, 1891
Pic, 1954
Reitter, 1881
Pic, 1937
Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
Pic, 1956
Blackburn, 1903
Blackburn, 1903
Háva, 2004
Pic, 1950
Pic, 1937
Pic, 1956
Walker, 1858
Háva, 2003
Pic, 1928
Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
Pic, 1937
Orphinus fulvipes Guérin-Méneville, 1838
Orphinus funestus Arrow, 1915
Reitter, 1908
Orphinus guernei Pic, 1916
Motschulsky, 1858
Háva, 2001
Pic, 1927
Háva, 2003
Pic, 1926
Blackburn, 1891
Arrow, 1915
Háva, 2001
Arrow, 1915
Háva, 2007
Háva, 2001
Háva, 2006
Kalík, 1965
Háva, 2003
Pic, 1916
Pic, 1938
Arrow, 1915
Orphinus minor Arrow, 1915
Háva & Kadej, 2006
Blackburn, 1903
Beal, 1961
Arrow, 1915
Pic, 1916
Pic, 1927
Armstrong, 1943
Háva, 2006
Motschulsky, 1851
Olliff, 1883
Arrow, 1915
Motschulsky, 1858
Háva, 2004
Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
Blackburn, 1895
Pic, 1924
Háva & Herrmann, 2003
Arrow, 1915
Háva & Herrmann, 2004
Pic, 1927
Orphinus tabitha Arrow, 1915
Zhantiev, 1975
Sharp in Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
Pic, 1915
Pic, 1922
Háva, 2006
Háva & Herrmann, 2003
Blackburn, 1891
Háva, 2004
Háva & Herrmann, 2002

References[]

^ Kitano, T., & Háva, J. (2013). A new species of the genus Orphinus Motschulsky from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, (8), 299-302.
^ Kadej, M., & Hava, J. (2015). Description of a new species of Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 in Pakistan, with a key to known Himalayan species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Florida Entomologist, 98(3), 939-942.

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[1] Kitano, T., & Háva, J. (2013). A new species of the genus Orphinus Motschulsky from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, (8), 299-302.

[2] Kadej, M., & Hava, J. (2015). Description of a new species of Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 in Pakistan, with a key to known Himalayan species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Florida Entomologist, 98(3), 939-942.

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Orphinus

Orphinus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Bostrichiformia
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858