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Chiloxanthus pilosus
Family: Saldidae

C. pilosus is recognised by the pale pronotal margins and the long, fine, erect dark  hairs on the dorsal surface. The 2nd tarsal segment is approximately the same length as the 3rd and the wing menbrane has 5 cells.

Favouring bare silty areas on the middle and lower zones of saltmarshes, this is a rare species confined to scattered parts of Suffolk, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Kent on the eastern coast of England and Lancashire and Cumbria in the west.

Compare Halosalda lateralis
Adult: All year
Length 5.0 mm
 Chiloxanthus pilosus
Adult: Lincs (August 2020) ©Chris Kirby-Lambert
Chiloxanthus pilosus Chiloxanthus pilosus
Adult: Lincs (August 2020) ©Chris Kirby-Lambert

 Adult: Norfolk (August 2018) ©Andy Bloomfield