Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Ophonus
- Metophonus
- Ophonus laticollis
Common name
Set-aside Downy-back
Images
Source: John Walters
Source: Lech Borowiec
Description
Size: 8-11mm
Basic colour: Black.
Pattern colour: Green metallic reflection.
Pronotoum: 1.4mm times as wide as long. Sides moderately sinuate in front of sharp, rectangular hind angles. Base straight without basal border; disc sparsely punctured.
Leg colour: Brown.
Basic colour: Black.
Pattern colour: Green metallic reflection.
Pronotoum: 1.4mm times as wide as long. Sides moderately sinuate in front of sharp, rectangular hind angles. Base straight without basal border; disc sparsely punctured.
Leg colour: Brown.
Biology
Status: Very scarce. Local in south and east England and south Wales.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Other notes: Elytra with distinct shoulder tooth, sides slightly rounded, widest at middle, intervals densely punctured; striae not punctured. Wings present.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Other notes: Elytra with distinct shoulder tooth, sides slightly rounded, widest at middle, intervals densely punctured; striae not punctured. Wings present.