Orphinus tabitha

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Orphinus tabitha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Orphinus
Species:
O. tabitha
Binomial name
Orphinus tabitha
Arrow, 1915

Orphinus tabitha, is a species of skin beetle found in South India and Sri Lanka. [1] [2]

Description

Anterior elytral fascia not forming a loop. The terminal antennomere is circular. [3] Setation brown with two narrow transverse bands clothed with white setae. Dorsal elytral integument brown. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Orphinus tabitha Arrow, 1915". www.dermestidae.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. "Type material: Holotype d: AFRICA: Swaziland, Luyengo, 10. IV. 1977, JM Boyes leg.(cNc)". researchgate.net. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. "Orphinus (Orphinus) baliensis sp. nov., a new species from Bali Isl. (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)". Arquivos Entomolóxicos 16:421-424. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. "Contribution to the knowledge of genus Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 from India (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Megatominae)". Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15:377-382. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. Háva, Jiří; Kadej, Marcin (2016-06-01). "A new species of Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Megatominae), with a key to species from India". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 19 (2): 525–529. doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2016.05.001 . Retrieved 2021-08-12.