Demetrias atricapillus
Length: 4.5 to 5.5 mm. Black head, red/orange pronotum and straw-coloured elytra with a dark central stripe that broadens apically. The head is punctured and hairy behind the eyes.
Other Demetrias species have more marked elytra.
The bi-lobed tarsal segment distinguishes from similar Paradromius linearis.
Found in tussocky grassland and agricultural fields.
Spring to autumn.
Feeds mainly on aphids.
Most British records seem to come from south of a line between Scarborough in Yorkshire and the Severn Estuary. In this area it is quite common. It appears to be more coastal in the west and in Wales.
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland. There were a total of 144 VC55 records for this species up to March 2015.
AJ Cann
Noseley
02 February 2019
David Nicholls
Ratby
09 June 2012
AJ Cann
Church Langton
12 January 2019
AJ Cann
Brocks Hill
20 January 2020
AJ Cann
Oadby
17 January 2020
Head punctured and hairy behind eyes
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Beetles
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Coleoptera
- Family:
- Carabidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 31
- First record:
- 30/09/1987 (Derek Lott)
- Last record:
- 26/05/2023 (Gray, Stephen)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
03 March 2014
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Sapcote
04 March 2013
