A beetle with dark reddish brown elytra and blacker head and pronotum.

Images contained in a red box denote that they are only likely to be this species and are typical of the species but have not been examined in detail to be certain of identity

In cattle dung.

Spring to autumn.

Associated with cattle dung.

Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.

Infrequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were only 8 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.