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Dienerella sp. - Dienerella filum
Copyright © 2009 Rick Buss

Dienerella sp. - Dienerella filum
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
February 20, 2009
Size: 1.4 mm
From a packrat (Neotoma sp.) nest. I don't have descriptions of the western Dienerella sp so if anyone knows ...
Note the coarsely facetted eyes with only about 20 elements- characteristic of the genus.

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Contributed by Rick Buss on 28 February, 2009 - 11:28am
Last updated 20 December, 2014 - 7:15am

Wolfgang Rücker thinks this is Dienerella filum (Aubé, 1850)
Moved from Dienerella.
… v belov, 20 December, 2014 - 7:15am

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