Subtribe Orphinina Zhou et al. 2022 (skin beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dermestidae

Full reference: Y. L. Zhou, J. A. Nicholls, Z. H. Liu, D. Hartley, and A. Szito, A., and A. Zwick. 2022. Molecular phylogeny of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) reveals the polyphyletic nature of Trogoderma Latreille and the taxonomic placement of the khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6:2)

Parent taxon: Megatomini according to Y. L. Zhou et al. 2022

Sister taxa: Cretomegatoma, Globicornis, Megatomina, Trogodermina, Tuberphradonoma

Subtaxa: Caccoleptus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Poinar coll) (Miocene to Miocene of Dominican Republic)

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