Scydosella
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| Habitus and diagnostic characters of Scydosella musawasensis | |
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| Order: | Coleoptera |
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| Genus: | Scydosella Hall, 1999
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| Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999
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Scydosella is a
Lomonosov Moscow State University collected 85 specimens in Chicaque National Park, Colombia. They were discovered on a layer of fungus on which they feed. From these specimens exact measurements could be made, and was found that the smallest individual is only 0.325 mm long.[4] The largest individual is 0.352 mm long, and the average length of all the specimens is 0.338 mm. The body is elongated and oval in shape, yellowish-brown in colour, and its antennae are split into 10 segments.[5]
See also
References
- PMID 26487824.
- JSTOR 25078673.
- S2CID 23604779.
- ^ Pensoft Publishers (8 October 2015). "How small is the smallest? New record of the tiniest free-living insect provides precision". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
- ^ "Scydosella musawasensis: World's Tiniest Beetle Lives in Colombia". Sci-News. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.