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]

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

Description edit

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 edit

  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 edit

  • 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.