Orphinus (Picorphinus), Háva, 2008

Háva, Jiří, 2008, Contribution to the species of the genus Orphinus (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) described by Maurice Pic with a description of Picorphinus subgen. n., Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 8 (1), pp. 59-63 : 59-63

Picorphinus subgen. n.

Type species: Orphinus guernei Pic, 1916: 16 .

Differential diagnosis. New subgenus differs from the nominal subgenus by the characters given in the following key:

a(b) terminal antennal segment long and suboval antennal segment X narrow ( Fig. 4) (east palearctic and oriental regions) ........................… .....................................Falsoorphinus (Pic, 1931)

antennal segment X very broad ( Fig. 2) ( Sri Lanka) ………………… Picorphinus subgen. n.

b(a) terminal antennal segment oval or circular

( Fig. 5)

body small, oval or slightly convex; colour patterns and pubescence of elytra variable (cosmopolitan)......... Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858

body robust, parallel-sided, elongate; each elytron with large, red, transverse fasciae in anterior part ( China) ....................… ….……………. ..........................................Curtophinus (Pic, 1954)

Etymology. The name of the new subgenus is composed using the name of the famous French entomologist Maurice Pic and genus name Orphinus .