Girdled Lordithon

body shaped like an elongate football (from the midpoint, tapering continuously to a point, anteriorly and posteriorly); elytra short, about 1/4 body length, widest at posterior margin - which is widest part of body; pronotum narrower than elytra; head narrower than pronotum; abdomen long, about 1/2 body length, with numerous short hairs basal antennal segments slender and pale, distal segments broader and dark except for apical segment, which is pale; head black; pronotum mostly black with some orange along posterior margin; elytra black with two curving yellowish-orange bands that meet posteriorly at the medial suture (viewed from above, the two bands are reminiscent of ram's horns); abdomen orangish-red on basal half, similarly colored on distal half except for black band on each side of yellowish-orange band near apex Guide page creation based on Donald Chandler's identification of this image . The proposed common name is based on the meaning of the species epithet. Two other North American rove beetles have the same species epithet ( Quedius cinctus and Astenus cinctus ), so the name Girdled Rove Beetle could be confusing.