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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Subfamily: | Megatominae |
| Tribe: | Megatomini |
| Subtribe: | Orphinina |
| Genus: | Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 |
Species include:
- Orphinus aethiops Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus affinis Reitter, 1881
- Orphinus africanus Pic, 1927
- Orphinus apicalis Pic, 1918
- Orphinus apicebrunneus Háva, 2003
- Orphinus atrofasciatus Pic, 1916
- Orphinus atrous Armstrong, 1943
- Orphinus australicus Blackburn, 1891
- Orphinus bicolor Pic, 1954
- Orphinus biflexus Reitter, 1881
- Orphinus binotatus Pic, 1937
- Orphinus bipunctutus Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
- Orphinus biroi Pic, 1956
- Orphinus casuarinae Blackburn, 1903
- Orphinus ceciliense Blackburn, 1903
- Orphinus chinensis Háva, 2004
- Orphinus congoanus Pic, 1950
- Orphinus conjunctus Pic, 1937
- Orphinus convexus Pic, 1956
- Orphinus defectus Walker, 1858
- Orphinus demeyeri Háva, 2003
- Orphinus diversus Pic, 1928
- Orphinus fasciatus Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
- Orphinus fouqueti Pic, 1937
- Orphinus fulvipes Guérin-Méneville, 1838
- Orphinus funestus Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus globulicornis Reitter, 1908
- Orphinus guernei Pic, 1916
- Orphinus haemorrhoidalis Motschulsky, 1858
- Orphinus hartmanni Háva, 2001
- Orphinus horni Pic, 1927
- Orphinus incognitus Háva, 2003
- Orphinus infasciatus Pic, 1926
- Orphinus interioris Blackburn, 1891
- Orphinus japonicus Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus jiri Háva, 2001
- Orphinus jucundus Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus kabateki Háva, 2007
- Orphinus katerina Háva, 2001
- Orphinus kejvali Háva, 2006
- Orphinus kenyensis Kalík, 1965
- Orphinus kresli Háva, 2003
- Orphinus malabarensis Pic, 1916
- Orphinus mediojunctus Pic, 1938
- Orphinus minimus Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus minor Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus mroczkowskii Háva & Kadej, 2006
- Orphinus nealense Blackburn, 1903
- Orphinus nesioticus Beal, 1961
- Orphinus nilgirensis Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus notaticollis Pic, 1916
- Orphinus obliteratus Pic, 1927
- Orphinus occidentalis Armstrong, 1943
- Orphinus okinawanus Háva, 2006
- Orphinus orientalis Motschulsky, 1851
- Orphinus oscitans Olliff, 1883
- Orphinus ovalis Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus pedestris Motschulsky, 1858
- Orphinus pseudoovalis Háva, 2004
- Orphinus quadrimaculatus Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
- Orphinus quornensis Blackburn, 1895
- Orphinus rufofasciatus Pic, 1924
- Orphinus rusumoensis Háva & Herrmann, 2003
- Orphinus sexmaculatus Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus sikkimensis Háva & Herrmann, 2004
- Orphinus subfasciatus Pic, 1927
- Orphinus tabitha Arrow, 1915
- Orphinus tadzhicus Zhantiev, 1975
- Orphinus terminalis Sharp in Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
- Orphinus testaceipes Pic, 1915
- Orphinus tonkineus Pic, 1922
- Orphinus unifasciatus Háva, 2006
- Orphinus wagneri Háva & Herrmann, 2003
- Orphinus woodvillensis Blackburn, 1891
- Orphinus yunnanus Háva, 2004
- Orphinus zomba Háva & Herrmann, 2002
References
edit- ^ 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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