Orphinus

genus
Motschulsky, 1858 [p. 48]
Synonyms (2)
Aethriosia Reitter, 1908
synonym subg. Orphinus (s. str.)
Jiriella Kitano, 2013
synonym
Citations & References (6)
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Motschulsky V.I. (1858). II. Entomologie spéciale. Insectes des Indes orientales. Études Entomologiques 7: 20-122.
Original Description
p. 48
Reitter E. (1908). Beschreibung einiger neuen Käferarten von Egypten. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d’Egypte 1: 41-56.
= Aethriosia
Synonym Description
p. 45
SHAUMAR N. F., MOHAMMED S. K. & SALEM N. M. 1990: Taxonomic studies of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) in Egypt. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d´Egypte 69: 11-29.
= Aethriosia (as Anthriosia [sic!])
p. 27
KITANO T. 2013: Description of a new genus Jiriella gen. nov. for Orphinus thailandicus Háva, 2012 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series 9: 477-480.
= Jiriella
Synonym Description
p. 477
Háva J. (2022). Study of the genus Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858. Part 5 - descriptions of new species and two new synonymy (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 30(2): 25-33.
= Jiriella —
synonymized with Curtophinus (treated as subgenus)
Synonymy
p. 27
Zhou Y.L., Nicholls J.A., Liu Z.H., Hartley D., Szito A., Ślipiński A., Zwick A. (2022). Molecular Phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) Reveals the Polyphyletic Nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the Taxonomic Placement of the Khapra Beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6): 2.
= Jiriella —
synonymized with Orphinus [s. str.] (separate from Curtophinus and Falsoorphinus which were placed as separate genera)
Synonymy
p. 8, 18

Type species

  • Orphinus haemorrhoidalis Motschulsky, 1858a:48

Species Overview

Species 203

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