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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Staphylinoidea » Featherwing[ed] Beetles (Ptiliidae) » Ptiliinae » Ptiliini » Micridium
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Ptiliidae (Featherwing Beetles)? - Micridium
Copyright © 2019 Salvador Vitanza

Ptiliidae (Featherwing Beetles)? - Micridium
Southwestern Research Station, Portal, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
August 17, 2019
Size: 0.6 mm
Coordinates: 31.883373, -109.206569
Elevation: 5,391 ft
Found by sifting leaf litter
the material attached to this beetle proved impossible for me to clean without destroying the critter
Determined by Dr. Gene Hall (University of Arizona Insect Collection Manager) via these images

Greater resolution image here

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 19 August, 2019 - 9:25pm
Last updated 22 August, 2019 - 11:32am

Moved
Moved from Featherwing[ed] Beetles.
… Salvador Vitanza, 22 August, 2019 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, this appears to be Micri
Yes, this appears to be Micridium.
… Gene Hall, 18 March, 2022 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

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