Subgenus Orphinus (Orphinus) Motschulsky, 1858

Museums

Regional Maps

• Orphinus Motschulsky, V. von 1858. Entomologie spéciale. Insectes des Indies orientales. Études Entomologiques 7: 20-122 [48].

  Type species:

   Orphinus haemorrhoidalis Motschulsky, 1858 by subsequent designation, see Arrow, G.J. 1915. Notes on the coleopterous family Dermestidae and descriptions of some new forms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 425-451 [437].
• Aethriosia Reitter, E. 1908. Beschreibung einiger neuen Käferarten von Egypten. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique d'Egypte 1: 41-56 [45].

  Type species:

   Aethriosia globulicornis Reitter, 1908 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Arrow, G.J. 1915. Notes on the coleopterous family Dermestidae and descriptions of some new forms in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 425-451 [437]
• Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [119]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NT, Qld, SA: Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU) ; NT, Qld, WA: Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; Qld, WA: Gulf Plains (GUP)

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