| Order | COLEOPTERA |
| Sub-order | Polyphaga |
| Family | SCARABAEIDAE |
| Sub-family | Orphninae |
| Tribe | Orphnini |
| Genus | Orphnus (Orphnus) Macleay, 1819 |
| Taxon | Orphnus (Orphnus) herero Petrovitz, 1963 |
| Citation | 2 |
| Type | 4 |
| Citations : | ||||
| Citation | Author, year | Country | Publication | Reference |
| Orphnus s.str. herero nov. spec. | PETROVITZ Rudolf, 1963 | Namibie | Neue Aegialinae Orphninae und Hybosorinae (Col.). | Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G.Frey, 14 (1) : 118-125. |
| Orphnus (Orphnus) herero Petrovitz, 1963 | TAUZIN Pierre-Hubert, 2023 | Angola, Namibie | Compléments d’informations sur la distribution des espèces du genre Orphnus MacLeay (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Orphninae). | Le Coléoptériste, 26(1) : 42-67. |
| Types : | |||||||||
| Type name | Type | Sex | Collection | Institution | Country | Region | Locality | Date | Collector |
| Orphnus s.str. herero Petrovitz, 1963 | Paratype | F | PETROVITZ Rudolf | SW Afrika [Namibie] | Okahandja | II-1950 | KOCH R. | ||
| Orphnus s.str. herero Petrovitz, 1963 | Paratype | M | PETROVITZ Rudolf | SW Afrika [Namibie] | Okahandja | II-1950 | KOCH R. | ||
| Orphnus s.str. herero Petrovitz, 1963 | Allotype | F | Museum Georg Frey | SW Afrika [Namibie] | Okahandja | II-1950 | KOCH R. | ||
| Orphnus s.str. herero Petrovitz, 1963 | Holotype | M | Museum Georg Frey | SW Afrika [Namibie] | Okahandja | II-1950 | KOCH R. |