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Orphilus

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Orphilus is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East and North America. It contains the following species:

Species

Dark Carpet Beetle

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderColeoptera
  5. FamilyDermestidae
Observations382

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
39
With media
24
Family
Dermestidae
Collections
CSU, PSUC, USNM, UNM, KU
Recorded in
United States, Spain

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Dermestidae
Image
Orphilus.niger.-.calwer.16.14.jpg
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taxon name
Orphilus
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Orphilus
Commons category
Orphilus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Orphilus is a genus of beetles native to the Palearctic (including Europe), the Near East and North America. It contains the following species: Orphilus aegeanus Holloway and Herrmann, 2023 Orphilus africanus Háva, 2005 Orphilus ater Erichson, 1848 Orphilus beali Zhantiev, 2001 Orphilus dubius Wickham, 1912 Orphilus niger (Rossi, 1790) Orphilus subnitidus LeConte, 1861

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orphilus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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