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Clown Beetle - Platysoma punctigerum

Clown Beetle - Platysoma punctigerum
In Westwood (Pinetown) - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
May 21, 2013
Size: Body length 4mm
Perhaps a genus Platysoma Histerid? See here: (1).
My thanks...

I Found this beetle while peeling bark off of some large damp logs.

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