Related species
Ventral view of Pseudomicrothorax agilis © William Bourland
There are 2 other species of Pseudomicrothorax. They can be separated from P. dubius by a number of features including body shape and size (Foissner et al., 1994):
- P. agilis is the smallest of the three Pseudomicrothorax spp. It is usually about 50µm long by 35µm wide, with a much less flattended body than the other two.
- P. foliformis is the most strongly flattened of the three. Its body is characteristically truncated and flattened at the posterior end. It is smaller than P. dubius, with a body size of about 65µm long by 35µm wide.
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The Museum's smallest members of staff are our flesh-eating beetles, Dermestes maculates, who strip carcasses to the bone.