How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect.
The smallest known beetle Scydosella musawasensis Hall is recorded for the second time. Precise measurements of its body size are given, and it is shown that the smallest examined representative of this species has a length of 325 µm.
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119234, Russia.
Alexey A
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Polilov
Colombia; SEM; Smallest beetle; body size