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Orphilinae

subfamily
LeConte, 1861 [p. 109]
Citations & References (3)
Type / Badges
Page
LeConte J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I. Washington: Smithsonian (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections), xxiv + 348 pp.
as Orphili
Original Description
p. 109
Ivie M.A. (2002). Nosodendridae Erichson 1846. In: Arnett R.H., Thomas M.C., Skelley P.E., Frank J.H. (eds.), American Beetles. Volume 2. Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionidea. Washington: CRC Press, pp. 224-227.
As part of Nosodendridae
Placement Change Classification
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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.
as Orphilinae —
Confirmed as part of Dermestidae
Phylogeny
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Type genus

Orphilus Erichson, 1846 [p. 424]

Species Overview

Species 22

Taxon details

iNaturalist Gallery (Orphilinae)

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