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Phloeotribus rhododactylus


The AIDGAP families key got me to Scolytidae (the bark beetles) which is now treated as a subfamily (Scolytinae) within Curculionidae. I then used Duff to key it to species. With a length of 1.8 mm this wasn't the easiest beetle to identify simply because the bits of it were so tiny they were quite hard to see. But all things considered it keyed out pretty straightforwardly.

Phloeotribus rhododactylus Phloeotribus rhododactylus
Phloeotribus rhododactylus, North Elmham Cathedral Meadows (Norfolk, UK), 16th March 2020