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Orphilus

Orphilus is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic, the Near East and North America. It contains the following species:Orphilus aegeanus Holloway and Herrmann, 2023 Orphilus africanus Háva, 2005 Orphilus ater Erichson, 1848 Orphilus beali Zhantiev, 2001 Orphilus dubius Wickham, 1912 Orphilus niger (Rossi, 1790) Orphilus subnitidus LeConte, 1861

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Orphilus
Orphilus niger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Family: Dermestidae
Subfamily: Orphilinae
Tribe: Orphilini
J. L. LeConte, 1861
Genus: Orphilus
Erichson, 1846

Orphilus is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East and North America.12 It contains the following species:3

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References

  1. Holloway, Graham J.; Herrmann, Andreas (17 February 2023). "Orphilus aegeanus (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Orphilinae): a new species from Greece and Turkey" (PDF). Zootaxa. 5244 (2): 197–200. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5244.2.8.
  2. Háva, Jiří; Kadej, Marcin (December 2014). "Contribution to Knowledge of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Afghanistan with Description of Three New Species". Florida Entomologist. 97 (4): 1414–1423. doi:10.1653/024.097.0416.
  3. Dermestidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 14 May 2012.
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