Size: 4.7-6mm

Seasonality: adults mostly active from late January to late October

Distribution; Europe, Western Asia, Iceland, Greenland, introduced in NA: BC, ME, MA, NB, NF, NH, NS, PM, ON, WA

Information: tend to be found amongst leaf litter, whether around human-inhabited areas or not, oftentimes on damp, muddy ground.

Description: body: elongate-oblong, slender. Head broad, triangular, eyes considerably large, bulging forwards; face short, slender. Mandibles small, sharp, weakly curved at tips, mostly obscured when closed by square, dull bronzish labrum. Clypeus semi-quadrate, with the margin between the eyes rounded somewhat towards the front of the head; metallic bronze-gold colouration, strongly wrinkled. Surface of head deeply furrowed, grooves spanning down the head towards the clypeus; generally of grey-silver to dull bronze colouration. One smallish pit may be found above each eye, each holding one short seta. Antennae relatively short, scapus, pedicel, and two following antennomeres orange, rest are brown. Sparse pubescence begins on the second half of the second antennomere following the pedicel. Pronotum somewhat hexagonal; hind angles sharp, squared; lateral margins proceed to move steadily outwards from the base, then abruptly turn towards the base of the head, this angle occurs very near to the head, and has one long seta protruding from it on each occurrence. From there the margins curve inwards briefly, then towards the head again to form the pronotal apex. Lateral margins weakly upturned near the head. Dorsal surfaces of the pronotum heavily pitted, forming relatively smooth, metallic black interconnected wrinkles. Median line faint. One small oval impression should occur on either side of the median line. No large smooth surfaces should be present atop the pronotal disk of this species. Pronotal basal margin does not overlap with the elytral base, scutellum exposed. Elytra: two preapical setigerous punctures, 7-8 complete striae per elytron, made up of series of pits. Stria 1 shallow, interval between stria 1 and 2 glossy black, should be the width of 4-5 striae (incl. intervals). Striae 2-7 or 2-8 made up of deep pits, intervals raised slightly, but smooth. Apices yellow/gold. Ventral faces: femora of mature adults should be metallic black, sometimes with hints of green, tibiae pale. All other ventral faces of similar colouration to the femora.

Males in this genus have broadened, padded protarsi, while the females do not.