Golden spider beetle

Golden spider beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Ptinidae
Genus: Niptus
Species: N. hololeucus
Binomial name
Niptus hololeucus
(Faldermann ) , 1836

The golden spider beetle, Niptus hololeucus, is a tiny (3-4.5 mm) beetle that can be found infesting a wide variety of cereal based food products. It is a temperate species originating in West Asia but now cosmopolitan.The spiderlike body is covered in silky golden hairs and fine scales.

Scanning electron microscope images Niptus.hololeucus
front and below 
the claw 
front 
mouthpart 
top front 

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