Brachypterus urticae

This was beaten from Ivy directly over a patch of nettles. I found the tooth at the base of the claws very hard to see at first, initially concluding they were absent and thus identifying it as Kateretes rufilabris. However I wasn't convinced about my assessment of the claws - at some angles I had seen a hint of what might have been a tooth at the very base of the claw, so before settling on this ID I decided to take a closer look. Good job I did, as eventually I realised all the claws did in fact have a tooth.

The next problem was deciding between the two species of Brachypterus. I wasn't wholly convinced by the spacing of the punctures, but leaned towards urticae. The base of the pronotom had a clearly concave section and that seemed to clinch it, plus I think the paler legs (at least the tarsi and tibia) support this ID.

Brachypterus urticae showing antenna, tarsal claws (5 views), head and pronotum, North Elmham railway (Norfolk, UK), 22nd September 2023