A small (5-6mm), mainly black rove beetle with elytra as long, or longer, than the pronotum. The terminal segment of the antennae is yellow, compared to the rest being red-brown.

• 5-6mm
• antennae on top of the head, well away from the front eye margins
• mainly black or dark brown, some yellow on tip of tergite 8
• elytra as long as the pronotum
• pronotum with puncture lines narrowing towards the front
• legs mainly dull yellow
• weak microsculpture on the head but none on the pronotum
• transverse microsculpture on tergites

Varied, including open habitats and woodland.

All year

Widely distributed.

Not commonly recorded.