Carpelimus pusillus
This beetle keyed straight to Carpelimus pusillus but there were a few couplets where the decisions were marginal so I was very glad that it proved to be a male and thus I could check the genitalia matched. It was very small - about 1.5mm long.
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male Carpelimus pusillus showing antenna, head, pronotum (2 views), abdominal tergites and aedeagus, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st October 2023
Like the last one, these two came to light. I keyed them using Lott and both came out as pusillus. Unfortunately both were females so I was unable to confirm them genitalically, but there weren't any particularly problematic couplets in getting them to pusillus. The site, a lowland meadow restoration (ex-arable) was just over a mile away from the previous one (grassland).
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2x female Carpelimus pusillus both showing pronotum and elytra, head from below intended to show palps and spermatheca, Wendling Beck Environment Project (Norfolk, UK), 1st May 2025