Around 4mm. There is a noticeable difference between the sexes. Males are generally dark whilst females have grey abdomens with black basal bands on the tergites which broaden in the middle. Both sexes have four notopleural bristles and with the dorsocentrals in a single row.

Male antennal pedicel has short bristles (less than the length of the third segment.

Typically found in damp woodland or shady gardens.

September - October.

Most members of the family Platypezidae are woodland specialists closely tied to fungi, with larvae generally developing in decaying fungi.

Uncommon.

Rare or under-recorded.