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 Body length ~2mm
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 If I saw this in my region I would call it Cricotopus s.s. based on bicolored front tibiae (black and white) and abdomen (black and yellow) with white terminalia; abdominal segments 1 and 4 yellow; white band on fore tibia closer to base than apex.
 
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