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Click Beetle - Paracardiophorus gemmifer

Click Beetle - Paracardiophorus gemmifer
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
May 19, 2012
Size: 4.5mm
I found this little clicker deceased in the yard; hoping the white spots can help with further ID placement - Thanks!

Specimen # 031

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Click Beetle - Paracardiophorus gemmifer Click Beetle - Paracardiophorus gemmifer

Moved

Moved
A very distinctive species based on size, color, and location. Thanks Jim, a new species for BugGuide and my personal reference collection :-)

Moved from Cardiophorus.

 
Many thanks Blaine...
... for the additional ID's for this specimen and the others!

Perhaps the same as this 2013 live specimen:

Moved
Moved from Click Beetles.

Cardiophorus sp.
The species of the PNW is kind of a mess right now, thanks to Lanchester's describing of 45 species (many prob invalid) in the 1970s. Several have yellow maculae but getting a confident species ID may have to wait until the western fauna is formally revised.

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