Contacyphon padi
2.3-2.5mm. Head dark and pronotum usually dark too. The elytra are parellel-sided and yellow-brown but with darker areas. Covered in short scale-like hairs, though the disc of the pronotum is generally bare. Both the pronotum and the head are finely punctured.
- 2.3-2.5mm
- parallel sided
- head and pronotum finely punctured
- elytra yellow-brown but with darker areas
- head and pronotum darker than the elytra
- liberally covered in hairs (except for pronotum disc)
- bases of the antennae darkened
Marshy areas.
Fairly common and widespread.
Uncommon but probably under-recorded.
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Scirtidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 02/09/2025 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 02/09/2025 (Cann, Alan)
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