How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect

Abstract. 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.

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Autor principal: Polilov, Alexey A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487824
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6531
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spelling pubmed-46078442015-10-20 How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect Polilov, Alexey A. Zookeys Short Communication Abstract. 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. Pensoft Publishers 2015-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4607844/ /pubmed/26487824 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6531 Text en Alexey A. Polilov http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title_full How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title_fullStr How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title_full_unstemmed How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title_short How small is the smallest? New record and remeasuring of Scydosella musawasensis Hall, 1999 (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
title_sort how small is the smallest? new record and remeasuring of scydosella musawasensis hall, 1999 (coleoptera, ptiliidae), the smallest known free-living insect
topic Short Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4607844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26487824
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.526.6531
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