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Orphinus fulvipes

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Orphinus fulvipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Orphinus
Species:
O. fulvipes
Binomial name
Orphinus fulvipes
Synonyms
  • Attagenus? defectus Walker, 1858
  • Orphinus defectus Arrow, 1915

Orphinus fulvipes is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America, South Asia, Oceania, and Europe.[1][2][3]

Description

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Total body length is 2.5 mm. Pronotal integument is dark brown. Elytral integument and scutellum entirely brown and clothed with brownish pubescence. Antennae pale yellowish-brown.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Orphinus fulvipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Orphinus fulvipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ^ "Contribution to the knowledge of world Dermestidae (Coleoptera) with new distributional data and nomenclature". Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 7(7):165-168. Retrieved 2021-08-08.

Further reading

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  • Háva, Jirí (2003). "World catalogue of the Dermestidae". Studies and Reports of District Museum Prague-East Supplement. 1: 1–196.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.