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unknown beetle - Paranovelsis mcdonaldi

unknown beetle - Paranovelsis mcdonaldi
Willow Springs, San Benito County, California, USA
July 2, 2012
Size: 4.8mm length.
Found by using sweeping net. (Blue Oak/grassland habitat). Probably the same as . I'm placing this batch of specimens on BugGuide so Andreas can view them and decide which specimens I should send to him in order to confirm ID.

Moved
Moved from Paranovelsis perplexa.
Described as new species, separate from Paranovelsis perplexa in: Herrmann, Andreas & Jiří Háva. 2021. Paranovelsis mcdonaldi sp. nov., a new dermestid (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) from California, USA. Folia Heyrovskyana, series A, vol. 29(2): 37-39.

Moved
Moved from Carpet Beetles. Specimen IDed as Novelsis perplexa by Andreas Herrmann.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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