Orphinus fulvipes (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Háva, Jiří, 2007, Contribution to the knowledge of world Dermestidae (Coleoptera) with new distributional data and nomenclature, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 7 (2), pp. 165-168 : 166

Orphinus fulvipes (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Attagenus? defectus Walker, 1858:207 syn. n. Orphinus defectus : Arrow, 1915:437.

Type material. Holotype (female): „ Ceylon 59 106“ [small circe, grey label] \ „type“ [small circle label with red margin] \ „ Attagenus? defectus (Type) Walker“ [yellowish, handwritten label] \ „defectus “ [white handwritten label] \ „ Orphinus fulvipes (Guer.) (= A. defectus syn. n.), Jiří Háva det. 2007“ [white, printed label] . Holotype deposited in ( BMNH) .

Original description. „ Attagenus? defectus . Niger, pubescens, elytris subtilissime punctatis apice ferrugineis. Long. 1 lin.“. „ Ceylon “.

Remarks. Species A. defectus is described from Sri Lanka. Habitus of holotype not identical with