# Orphinus
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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
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thumb | right | ''Orphinus'' sp. collected at Barrow Island
'''''Orphinus''''' is a genus of [beetle](/source/beetle)s in the family [Dermestidae](/source/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.[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.] There are about 88 species.[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.]
Species include:
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* ''[Orphinus aethiops](/source/Orphinus_aethiops)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus affinis](/source/Orphinus_affinis)'' Reitter, 1881
* ''[Orphinus africanus](/source/Orphinus_africanus)'' Pic, 1927
* ''[Orphinus apicalis](/source/Orphinus_apicalis)'' Pic, 1918
* ''[Orphinus apicebrunneus](/source/Orphinus_apicebrunneus)'' Háva, 2003
* ''[Orphinus atrofasciatus](/source/Orphinus_atrofasciatus)'' Pic, 1916
* ''[Orphinus atrous](/source/Orphinus_atrous)'' Armstrong, 1943
* ''[Orphinus australicus](/source/Orphinus_australicus)'' Blackburn, 1891
* ''[Orphinus bicolor](/source/Orphinus_bicolor)'' Pic, 1954
* ''[Orphinus biflexus](/source/Orphinus_biflexus)'' Reitter, 1881
* ''[Orphinus binotatus](/source/Orphinus_binotatus)'' Pic, 1937
* ''[Orphinus bipunctutus](/source/Orphinus_bipunctutus)'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
* ''[Orphinus biroi](/source/Orphinus_biroi)'' Pic, 1956
* ''[Orphinus casuarinae](/source/Orphinus_casuarinae)'' Blackburn, 1903
* ''[Orphinus ceciliense](/source/Orphinus_ceciliense)'' Blackburn, 1903
* ''[Orphinus chinensis](/source/Orphinus_chinensis)'' Háva, 2004
* ''[Orphinus congoanus](/source/Orphinus_congoanus)'' Pic, 1950
* ''[Orphinus conjunctus](/source/Orphinus_conjunctus)'' Pic, 1937
* ''[Orphinus convexus](/source/Orphinus_convexus)'' Pic, 1956
* ''[Orphinus defectus](/source/Orphinus_defectus)'' Walker, 1858
* ''[Orphinus demeyeri](/source/Orphinus_demeyeri)'' Háva, 2003
* ''[Orphinus diversus](/source/Orphinus_diversus)'' Pic, 1928
* ''[Orphinus fasciatus](/source/Orphinus_fasciatus)'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
* ''[Orphinus fouqueti](/source/Orphinus_fouqueti)'' Pic, 1937
* ''[Orphinus fulvipes](/source/Orphinus_fulvipes)'' Guérin-Méneville, 1838
* ''[Orphinus funestus](/source/Orphinus_funestus)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus globulicornis](/source/Orphinus_globulicornis)'' Reitter, 1908
* ''[Orphinus guernei](/source/Orphinus_guernei)'' Pic, 1916
* ''[Orphinus haemorrhoidalis](/source/Orphinus_haemorrhoidalis)'' Motschulsky, 1858
* ''[Orphinus hartmanni](/source/Orphinus_hartmanni)'' Háva, 2001
* ''[Orphinus horni](/source/Orphinus_horni)'' Pic, 1927
* ''[Orphinus incognitus](/source/Orphinus_incognitus)'' Háva, 2003
* ''[Orphinus infasciatus](/source/Orphinus_infasciatus)'' Pic, 1926
* ''[Orphinus interioris](/source/Orphinus_interioris)'' Blackburn, 1891
* ''[Orphinus japonicus](/source/Orphinus_japonicus)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus jiri](/source/Orphinus_jiri)'' Háva, 2001
* ''[Orphinus jucundus](/source/Orphinus_jucundus)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus kabateki](/source/Orphinus_kabateki)'' Háva, 2007
* ''[Orphinus katerina](/source/Orphinus_katerina)'' Háva, 2001
* ''[Orphinus kejvali](/source/Orphinus_kejvali)'' Háva, 2006
* ''[Orphinus kenyensis](/source/Orphinus_kenyensis)'' Kalík, 1965
* ''[Orphinus kresli](/source/Orphinus_kresli)'' Háva, 2003
* ''[Orphinus malabarensis](/source/Orphinus_malabarensis)'' Pic, 1916
* ''[Orphinus mediojunctus](/source/Orphinus_mediojunctus)'' Pic, 1938
* ''[Orphinus minimus](/source/Orphinus_minimus)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus minor](/source/Orphinus_minor)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus mroczkowskii](/source/Orphinus_mroczkowskii)'' Háva & Kadej, 2006
* ''[Orphinus nealense](/source/Orphinus_nealense)'' Blackburn, 1903
* ''[Orphinus nesioticus](/source/Orphinus_nesioticus)'' Beal, 1961
* ''[Orphinus nilgirensis](/source/Orphinus_nilgirensis)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus notaticollis](/source/Orphinus_notaticollis)'' Pic, 1916
* ''[Orphinus obliteratus](/source/Orphinus_obliteratus)'' Pic, 1927
* ''[Orphinus occidentalis](/source/Orphinus_occidentalis)'' Armstrong, 1943
* ''[Orphinus okinawanus](/source/Orphinus_okinawanus)'' Háva, 2006
* ''[Orphinus orientalis](/source/Orphinus_orientalis)'' Motschulsky, 1851
* ''[Orphinus oscitans](/source/Orphinus_oscitans)'' Olliff, 1883
* ''[Orphinus ovalis](/source/Orphinus_ovalis)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus pedestris](/source/Orphinus_pedestris)'' Motschulsky, 1858
* ''[Orphinus pseudoovalis](/source/Orphinus_pseudoovalis)'' Háva, 2004
* ''[Orphinus quadrimaculatus](/source/Orphinus_quadrimaculatus)'' Matsumura & Yokoyama, 1928
* ''[Orphinus quornensis](/source/Orphinus_quornensis)'' Blackburn, 1895
* ''[Orphinus rufofasciatus](/source/Orphinus_rufofasciatus)'' Pic, 1924
* ''[Orphinus rusumoensis](/source/Orphinus_rusumoensis)'' Háva & Herrmann, 2003
* ''[Orphinus sexmaculatus](/source/Orphinus_sexmaculatus)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus sikkimensis](/source/Orphinus_sikkimensis)'' Háva & Herrmann, 2004
* ''[Orphinus subfasciatus](/source/Orphinus_subfasciatus)'' Pic, 1927
* ''[Orphinus tabitha](/source/Orphinus_tabitha)'' Arrow, 1915
* ''[Orphinus tadzhicus](/source/Orphinus_tadzhicus)'' Zhantiev, 1975
* ''[Orphinus terminalis](/source/Orphinus_terminalis)'' Sharp in Blackburn & Sharp, 1885
* ''[Orphinus testaceipes](/source/Orphinus_testaceipes)'' Pic, 1915
* ''[Orphinus tonkineus](/source/Orphinus_tonkineus)'' Pic, 1922
* ''[Orphinus unifasciatus](/source/Orphinus_unifasciatus)'' Háva, 2006
* ''[Orphinus wagneri](/source/Orphinus_wagneri)'' Háva & Herrmann, 2003
* ''[Orphinus woodvillensis](/source/Orphinus_woodvillensis)'' Blackburn, 1891
* ''[Orphinus yunnanus](/source/Orphinus_yunnanus)'' Háva, 2004
* ''[Orphinus zomba](/source/Orphinus_zomba)'' Háva & Herrmann, 2002
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==References==
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