Anthrenus (Nathrenus) liliputianus is a species of carpet beetle found in Egypt.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dermestidae |
| Genus: | Anthrenus |
| Subgenus: | Nathrenus |
| Species: | A. liliputianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthrenus liliputianus Mulsant & Rey, 1868[1]
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Description
editProthorax black, adorned on each side with a border formed of white scales, covering the outer quarter of the base, and at least the outer third of the anterior edge without a black spot in the middle; marked with a spot of white scales on the median part of its base.
Elytra varying from black to reddish-brown; each adorned with a circle of two bands formed of white scales: the circle extending from the suture almost to the external edge and from halfway up the base to two-fifths: the first transverse band towards the middle: the second towards four-fifths of their length. Abdomen covered with white scales, with little or no mark near the anterior edge of the 2nd to 5th segments with a transverse blackish stripe.
Length: 1.3mm. Width: 1mm.
Head black, covered with whitish scales. Antennae extending to a third of the sides of the prothorax; with 11 segments, of which the last three form the club. Thorax and abdomen covered with white or ash-gray scales; the abdomen without or almost without spots on the sides of the segments. Legs reddish. Femora adorned with whitish scales.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon". Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 15. Lyon: Société Linnéenne de Lyon: 159. 15 January 1868.
- ^ Háva, Jiří (2023). "World Dermestidae. Subfamily Megatominae" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Herrmann, Andreas (2024). "Dermestidae (Abbildungen)". Archived from the original on 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
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