Orphinus (Orphinus)

HávA, Jiří, 2016, Contribution to the knowledge of genus Orphinus Motschulsky, 1858 from India (Coleoptera ¡ Dermestidae ¡ Megatominae)., Arquivos Entomolóxicos 15, pp. 377-382 : 378

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12766012
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scientific name	Orphinus (Orphinus)
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Orphinus (Orphinus) minor Arrow, 1915

Orphinus minor Arrow, 1915 ¡ 440.

Orphinus horni Pic, 1927 ¡ 247 syn. nov.

Type material. Syntype (♂) lABelleD: “AnurADhApurA, W. Horn, 1899” / TYpe [small handwritten label] / TYPE [reD printeD lABel] / “ Orphinus Horni Pic ” [hAnD written lABel], ( MNHN) .

Material examined. India, Andhra Pradesh, 35 km SE Rajahmundry, Kottipale, bank of Godavari riv., 23- 24.II.1994, Z. Kejval leg., 1 ♂, ( JHAC) ; India, Madhy pradesh, hilly area near town, south of Jabalpur, No. 291, beaten material, 1.IV.1967, Gy. Topál leg., 1 ♀, ( JHAC) .

Remarks. According to the study of the type material, the species O. horni described by Pic (1927) is considered as a junior synonym of O. minor, described by Arrow (1915).