For this reason, researchers interested in studying L. zacheri concomitantly study the Dermestes maculatus carrion beetle.
At that time the unwrapping of a mummy was of considerable scientific interest (as well as curiosity) and later studies revealed beetles later identified as N. mumiarum Hope, 1834, Dermestes maculatus DeGeer, 1774 (as Dermestes vulpinus) and Dermestes frischi Kugelann, 1792 (as Dermestes pollinctus Hope, 1834).
Dermestes maculatus | Dermestes frischi | Dermestes | Carpilius maculatus |