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Epuraea melanocephala


The toothed claws separate this species from other members of the genus Epuraea. Nevertheless I wondered if I'd gone wrong when I looked up the species online and all of the first few photos I saw showed much darker foreparts. But after perusing a few more images it seems it isn't all that unusual for them to be more-or-less concolorous with the elytra.

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female Epuraea melanocephala showing fore tarsus, mid tibia and hind (I think) tarsal claw, North Elmham (Norfolk, UK), 18th July 2022