First record of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from Eocene Baltic amber
A new species of the tribe Orphilini (Dermestidae: Orphilinae), Orphilus dudkoi sp. nov., is described and illustrated in Priabonian Baltic amber. This species differs from the recent Orphilus niger (Rossi, 1790) in having a smaller body size, wider elytra and a narrower antennal club. This is the oldest record of the tribe Orphilini and the first discovery of the genus Orphilus Erichson, 1846 in the Eocene of Europe.
Authors
- Dmitry V. Vasilenko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4827-7290)
- Jiří Háva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8076-9538)
- Andrei A. Legalov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7347-8169)
- Evgeny E. Perkovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-4379)
Institutions
- National Research Tomsk State University (RU)
- Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals (RU)
- Institute of Paleontology A A Borisyak (RU)
- Natural History Museum Aarhus (DK)
- Institute of Entomology (CZ)
- Natural History Museum of Denmark (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecologica Montenegrina
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2025.88.14
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.03
Funders
- Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
- Russian Academy of Sciences