Micridium sp. - Micridium Sandia Mnts, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA January 13, 2008 Size: 0.6 mm
These are quite common in mixed Gambels oak/ponderosa pine detritus in the mountains.
They cleanly key to Micridium in American Beetles. Hall says there is only M lineatum described so far and D&A says this is not lineatum. So it is probably another of the undescribed species Hall mentions.
Images of this individual: tag all Contributed by Rick Buss on 6 February, 2008 - 9:34am Last updated 7 November, 2008 - 8:09pm |