Order & Family: Long tubular cyrtos in forwad 1/3 of cell body; dikineties at left border of oral region (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Genus: Oral aperture small, oval (Carey, 1992). With more than 10 body kineties and cross-striations between adjacent kineties (Illustrated Guide, 1985).

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P. dubius ingesting Nostoc Kraków, Poland by A. Pajdak-Stós
Pseudomicrothorax sp. 90 x 56 μm Tsuchiura Ibaraki, 2003	Pseudomicrothorax sp. 80 x 57 μm Ogose town Saitama, 2003	Pseudomicrothorax sp. μm Kagami-ishi Fukushima, 2003	Pseudomicrothorax sp. 76 x 50 μm 103 x 52 μm Riverside green l. Sawara Chiba, 2004
Pseudomicrothorax sp. 90 x 61 μm Nakayukawa Nishiwaga Iwate, 2007
P. agilis 55 x 35 μm Tsukuba Ibaraki, 2000	P. agilis 55 x 30 μm Japan, 1998	Pseudomicrothorax sp. or Microthorax ? 43 x 25 μm Iwajuku Gunma, 2001	P. agilis ? 39 x 24 μm 34 x 20 μm Saitama, 1999
P. agilis ? 30 x 18 μm rice field Ichinoseki Iwate, 2005

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