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Orphinus guernei

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Species of beetle

Orphinus guernei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dermestidae
Genus: Orphinus
Species: O. guernei
Binomial name
Orphinus guernei
Pic, 1916
Synonyms
  • Orphinus (Orphinus) guernei Mroczkowski, 1968
  • Orphinus (Orphinus) guernei Hรกva, 2003

Orphinus guernei is a species of skin beetle found in Sri Lanka.

Description

Total body length is about 2.5 mm. Body Oblong-oval, shiny, and finely and sparsely dotted with black and yellow pubescent. Body dorsally and ventrally dark brown. Head finely punctuate. Palpi brown. Eyes are very large, and clothed with brown setae. Antennae with 11 segments which are brown, and clothed with short brown setae. Scutellum triangular, with short light brown pubescence. Elytra densely foveolate with long brown pubescence. Epipleuron brownish. Legs brown, with light-brown pubescence. In male genitalia, parameres are slightly curved towards apex.

References

  1. "Contribution to the species of the genus Orphinus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) described by Maurice Pic with a description of Picorphinus subgen. n." Current issue: Volume 20, No. 2 (2020). Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  2. "IRMNG - Orphinus guernei Pic, 1916". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. "Contribution to the species of the genus Orphinus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) described by Maurice Pic with a description of Picorphinus subgen. n." Baltic J. Coleopterol. 8(1) 2008. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
Taxon identifiers
Orphinus guernei


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