Empria tridens

5.5-7mm. A largely black species but with pairs white/grey patches on tergites 2-6 and white/grey tegulae and cenchri. Femora are mostly black but paler in the apical third. Tibula and tarsi and pale too.

Other Empria species.

• 5.5-7mm
• black with pairs white/grey patches on tergites 2-6
• tegulae and cenchri white/grey
• apical ends of the femora, plus tibula and tarsi pale
• antennal segment 8 no more than 4x long as broad
• clypeus with two lateral teeth plus a smaller central tooth - all with acute tips

Empria is a difficult genus and usually requires detailed examination of small features and/or genitalia. Images of the key features are generally required unless identified by a recognised expert.

Various.

April - July

Reasonable common and widespread.

Probably reasonably common but under-recorded.