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Baranowskiella ehnstromi
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Baranowskiella ehnstromi

Baranowskiella ehnstromi is the smallest known beetle in Europe. It lives only in the pores of the bracket fungus Phellinus conchatus, which grows on Salix caprea. Its length is ca. 0.45 millimetres (0.018 in) to 0.55 millimetres (0.022 in) and its width about 0.1 millimetres (0.0039 in).

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