Size: 18-23mm

Seasonality: Mid April-November

Distribution; Fairly abundant in the Western half of North America, loosely dispersed in the Eastern states and provinces.

Information: Carnivorous, may be seen preying upon moths resting on the ground at night, as well as other insects, gastropods, and worms.

Description: body: fully matte black dorsally, ventral faces and legs glossy black. Head triangular, black; mandibles thick, curved into points. Face heavily wrinkled, micropunctate near occiput. Pronotum broad, heavily micropunctate: rough. Pronotal disk semi-quadrate, margins rounded; front margins not pointed towards the head, hind margins pointed towards the elytra, then the margins curve inwards of the pronotum to connect. Median line absent or faint.  Scutellum broad, exposed. 30-38 thin striae per elytron; striae not straight, some are connected. A line of shallow pits should be found between striae 6 and 9, then between 15 and 17. Elytra matte black, ovate. Humeral shoulders rounded-obtuse, lateral margins widest near shoulders. Apices rounded.