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Orphilus niger

species
(Rossi, 1790) [p. 39]
Gallery page (A. Herrmann)
Citations & References (3)
Type / Badges
Page
ROSSI P. 1790: Fauna Etrusca, sistens Insecta, quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Tomus primus. Liburni: T. Masi & Sociorum, xii + 2 + 272 pp.
Original Description
p. 39
Paulian R. (1942). The Larvae of the Sub-Family Orphilinae and Their Bearing on the Systematic Status of the Family Dermestidae (Col.). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 35(4): 393-396.
Immature / Larva
p. 393
Zhantiev R.D. (2001). Жуки-кожееды рода Orphilus Er. (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) фауны Палеарктики. Available from: https://www.elibrary.ru/download/elibrary_9289514_15171487.pdf.
Immature / Larva
p. 612
Biology
Larva: Zhantiev, 2001:612 ;Paulian, 1942:393

Distribution

Africa

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Tunisia

Asia

  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Turkmenistan?
  • Uzbekistan

Europe Widespread

  • Russia
  • Caucasus

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Orphilus niger)

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