Size: 2.7-3.4mm Basic colour: Shining black Pattern colour: Pale spot behind shoulders on each elytron. Pronotoum: As wide as long. Leg colour: Appendages black; tibiae pale, except at base.
Status: Probably a relict population which has increased in numbers. Known only from Hatfield and Thorne Moors in Yorkshire. Sometimes abundant. RDB Category: Endangered UKBAP Species: Yes Habitat: Moist, partly bare peat in lowland bogs. Other notes: Frontal furrows single, hardly converging anteriorly. Elytra with seven punctured striae which are absent in apical third.