Orphilus ater Erichson, 1846

<em>Orphilus ater</em> in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 875608 - Psn: 135)

Orphilus ater in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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<em>Orphilus ater</em> in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 875609 - Psn: 152)

Orphilus ater in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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<em>Orphilus ater</em> in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 875610 - Psn: 165)

Orphilus ater in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/3/2023). (c) Kenneth Geisert (Collection), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Orphilus ater
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dermestidae
Genus:	Orphilus
Species:	O. ater
Binomial name
*Orphilus ater* Erichson, 1846

Orphilus ater is a species of carpet beetle in the family Dermestidae. It is found in North America.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Orphilus ater Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Orphilus ater". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
^ "Orphilus ater species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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.

Taxon identifiers
Orphilus ater	Wikidata: Q2669055 BioLib: 891083 BugGuide: 379003 EoL: 312603 GBIF: 1095887 iNaturalist: 176290 IRMNG: 11599681 ITIS: 728190 NatureServe: 2.747556 Open Tree of Life: 7731515

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