Orphinus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Orphinus | authority = Motschulsky, 1858 }}

thumb | right | ''Orphinus'' sp. collected at Barrow Island '''''Orphinus''''' is a genus of beetles in the family Dermestidae, the skin beetles. The genus is distributed in Africa, Asia, and the Australian region, especially in tropical areas; at least one species is cosmopolitan.<ref>Kitano, T., & Háva, J. (2013). [https://aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/ae08_2013_kitano_hava_orphinus_horaki_sp_nov_thailand.pdf A new species of the genus ''Orphinus'' Motschulsky from Thailand (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae).] ''Arquivos Entomoloxicos'', (8), 299-302.</ref> There are about 88 species.<ref>Kadej, M., & Hava, J. (2015). [https://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1653/024.098.0320 Description of a new species of ''Orphinus'' Motschulsky, 1858 in Pakistan, with a key to known Himalayan species (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae).] ''Florida Entomologist'', 98(3), 939-942.</ref>

Species include:

{{Div col}} * ''Orphinus aethiops'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus affinis'' Reitter, 1881 * ''Orphinus africanus'' Pic, 1927 * ''Orphinus apicalis'' Pic, 1918 * ''Orphinus apicebrunneus'' Háva, 2003 * ''Orphinus atrofasciatus'' Pic, 1916 * ''Orphinus atrous'' Armstrong, 1943 * ''Orphinus australicus'' Blackburn, 1891 * ''Orphinus bicolor'' Pic, 1954 * ''Orphinus biflexus'' Reitter, 1881 * ''Orphinus binotatus'' Pic, 1937 * ''Orphinus bipunctutus'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928 * ''Orphinus biroi'' Pic, 1956 * ''Orphinus casuarinae'' Blackburn, 1903 * ''Orphinus ceciliense'' Blackburn, 1903 * ''Orphinus chinensis'' Háva, 2004 * ''Orphinus congoanus'' Pic, 1950 * ''Orphinus conjunctus'' Pic, 1937 * ''Orphinus convexus'' Pic, 1956 * ''Orphinus defectus'' Walker, 1858 * ''Orphinus demeyeri'' Háva, 2003 * ''Orphinus diversus'' Pic, 1928 * ''Orphinus fasciatus'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928 * ''Orphinus fouqueti'' Pic, 1937 * ''Orphinus fulvipes'' Guérin-Méneville, 1838 * ''Orphinus funestus'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus globulicornis'' Reitter, 1908 * ''Orphinus guernei'' Pic, 1916 * ''Orphinus haemorrhoidalis'' Motschulsky, 1858 * ''Orphinus hartmanni'' Háva, 2001 * ''Orphinus horni'' Pic, 1927 * ''Orphinus incognitus'' Háva, 2003 * ''Orphinus infasciatus'' Pic, 1926 * ''Orphinus interioris'' Blackburn, 1891 * ''Orphinus japonicus'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus jiri'' Háva, 2001 * ''Orphinus jucundus'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus kabateki'' Háva, 2007 * ''Orphinus katerina'' Háva, 2001 * ''Orphinus kejvali'' Háva, 2006 * ''Orphinus kenyensis'' Kalík, 1965 * ''Orphinus kresli'' Háva, 2003 * ''Orphinus malabarensis'' Pic, 1916 * ''Orphinus mediojunctus'' Pic, 1938 * ''Orphinus minimus'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus minor'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus mroczkowskii'' Háva & Kadej, 2006 * ''Orphinus nealense'' Blackburn, 1903 * ''Orphinus nesioticus'' Beal, 1961 * ''Orphinus nilgirensis'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus notaticollis'' Pic, 1916 * ''Orphinus obliteratus'' Pic, 1927 * ''Orphinus occidentalis'' Armstrong, 1943 * ''Orphinus okinawanus'' Háva, 2006 * ''Orphinus orientalis'' Motschulsky, 1851 * ''Orphinus oscitans'' Olliff, 1883 * ''Orphinus ovalis'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus pedestris'' Motschulsky, 1858 * ''Orphinus pseudoovalis'' Háva, 2004 * ''Orphinus quadrimaculatus'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928 * ''Orphinus quornensis'' Blackburn, 1895 * ''Orphinus rufofasciatus'' Pic, 1924 * ''Orphinus rusumoensis'' Háva & Herrmann, 2003 * ''Orphinus sexmaculatus'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus sikkimensis'' Háva & Herrmann, 2004 * ''Orphinus subfasciatus'' Pic, 1927 * ''Orphinus tabitha'' Arrow, 1915 * ''Orphinus tadzhicus'' Zhantiev, 1975 * ''Orphinus terminalis'' Sharp in Blackburn & Sharp, 1885 * ''Orphinus testaceipes'' Pic, 1915 * ''Orphinus tonkineus'' Pic, 1922 * ''Orphinus unifasciatus'' Háva, 2006 * ''Orphinus wagneri'' Háva & Herrmann, 2003 * ''Orphinus woodvillensis'' Blackburn, 1891 * ''Orphinus yunnanus'' Háva, 2004 * ''Orphinus zomba'' Háva & Herrmann, 2002 {{Div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Dermestidae genera Category:Dermestidae Category:Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky