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Small Darkling Beetle - Blapstinus substriatus

Small Darkling Beetle - Blapstinus substriatus
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
October 12, 2013
Size: Body length 5mm
Perhaps Genus Blapstinus? See here: (1).
My thanks for confirmation or otherwise.

A occasional little beetle usually seen in the daytime, and in dry areas.

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Moved tentatively; great call, i'd say
Moved from Blapstinus.

Just a guess...
... perhaps the same as this specimen:



Moved from Darkling Beetles.

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