| Nephanes titan | |
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| An artist's rendition of the Nephanes titan beetle, from a sketch by Georgiy Jacobson. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Ptiliidae |
| Genus: | Nephanes |
| Species: | N. titan
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| Binomial name | |
| Nephanes titan (Newman, 1834)
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Nephanes titan is a beetle from the Ptiliidae family of dwarf beetles. N. titan is notable for its exceptionally small body and simple nervous system. With an average maximum body length of only a few hundred micrometers, the beetle is one of the smallest non-parasitic insects in the world.[1][2]
Despite its minuscule nervous system, the beetle is still capable of associative learning.[1]
- ^ a b Polilov, Alexey A.; Makarova, Anastasia A.; Kolesnikova, Uliana K. (2018-11-30). "Cognitive abilities with a tiny brain: Neuronal structures and associative learning in the minute Nephanes titan (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)". Arthropod Structure & Development. 48: 98–102. doi:10.1016/j.asd.2018.11.008. ISSN 1467-8039. PMID 30472324.
- ^ Polilov, Alexey A. (2016). At the Size Limit - Effects of Miniaturization in Insects. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39499-2. ISBN 978-3-319-39497-8.