Parastasia novoguineensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Indonesia (Irian Jaya) and on the Solomon Islands.
Description Adults reach a length of about . The head is dark reddish to nearly black. The discal area of the pronotum is dark red, with a somewhat lighter longitudinal band, and yellowish orange with a dark spot laterally. The scutellum and elytra are dark red, the propygidium reddish, the pygidium red to black with a yellowish band along the lateral margins, and the underside and legs are reddish.
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