Legalov A.A., Háva J., Vasilenko D.V., Perkovsky E.E. (2025). First record of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Ecologica Montenegrina 88: 209-214.

Author(s)	Legalov, Andrei A.; Háva, Jiri; Vasilenko, Dmitry V.; Perkovsky, Evgeny E.
Title	First record of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Baltic amber
Journal Title	Ecologica Montenegrina
DOI	10.37828/em.2025.88.14
URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.14
Volume	88
Page(s)	209-214
Date	July 20, 2025
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Abstract	A new species of the tribe Orphilini (Dermestidae: Orphilinae), Orphilus dudkoi sp. nov., is described and illustrated in Priabonian Baltic amber. This species differs from the recent Orphilus niger (Rossi, 1790) in having a smaller body size, wider elytra and a narrower antennal club. This is the oldest record of the tribe Orphilini and the first discovery of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 in the Eocene of Europe.
ISSN	2336-9744
Document Type	Journal Article
Publisher	Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology

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Taxon Name	Cited As (Verbatim)	Relationship	Status	Page / Notes
†Orphilus dudkoi	—	Original Description	accepted	p. 210