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Dark beetle with red

Dark beetle with red "shoulders" - Macropogon testaceipennis
Mill Creek Campground, Mendocino National Forest, Colusa County, California, USA
May 25, 2016
Size: ca 4 mm
I beat this beetle from a Manzanita shrub. At first I thought it was an elaterid, but now I think probably not...

This is now specimen CASENT 9096874.

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Dark beetle with red Dark beetle with red

Moved tent to Macropogon testaceipennis
Moved from Beetles.

Macropogon testaceipennis?
Brad Barnd tentatively ID'd the family and this species would seem to be a good match?

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