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ColEoptera

Beetles

compiled by Paul Harvey and Mike Pennington, based on published information by M. Bacchus and with additional information from Neil Marks, Ed Milner and Nick Riddiford

All are believed to Resident (R) unless otherwise stated. The list apparently includes some dubious species (these are marked X?, where this information is known) and the taxonomy may be confused. Beetle taxonomy is apparently quite fluid at the moment and anyone who can bring the taxonomy up to date should contact SBRC.

Carabidae (ground beetles)                                                             

Cychrus caraboides (Linn.)                                                                    

Carabus nemoralis                                                                                  

Carabus problematicus Herbst                                                                

[Leistus ferrugineus (Linn.)  X?]                                                            

Leistus terminatus (= L. rufescens)

Pelophila borealis (Paykull)                                                                   

Nebris brevicollis                                                                                   

Nebria rufescens = N. gyllenhali (Schoenherr)

Nebria salina Fairmaire & Laboulbéne                                                    

Notiophilus aesthuans (=  N. aestuans (Motschulsky))

Notiophilus aquaticus (Linn.)                                                                 

Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabr.)                                                                

Notiophilus germinyi Fauvel                                                                  

Notiophilus palustris (Duftschmid)                                                        

Elaphrus cupreus Duftschmid                                                                 

Loricera pilicornis (Fabr.)                                                                      

Dyschirius globosus (Herbst)                                                                  

Dyschirius politus (Dejean)                                                                    

Clivinia fossor (Linn.)                                                                           

Broscus cephalotes (Linn.)                                                                    

Patrobus assimilis Chaudoir                                                                    

Patrobus atrorufus (Ström)                                                                    

Patrobus septentrionis (Dejean)                                                             

Trechus fulvus Dejean                                                                           

Trechus obtusus Erichson                                                                      

[Trechus quadristriatus (Schrank) X?]                                                    

Trechus rubens (Fabr.)                                                                           

Bembidion atrocoeruleum Steph.                                                           

Bembidion bruxellense Wesmael                                                            

Bembidion litorale                                                                                

Bembidion tetracolum Say                                                                     

Bembidion mannerheimmi ( = B. unicolor (Chaudoir))

Pterostichus adstrictus                                                                                           

Pterostichus diligens (Sturm)                                                                 

Pterostrichus melanarius                                                                       

Pterostichus minor (Gyllenhal)                                                              

Pterostichus niger (Schaller)                                                                  

Pterostichus nigrita (Paykull)                                                                

Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabr.)                                                   

Pterostichus rhaeticus                                                                            

Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer)                                                               

Calathus fuscipes (Goeze)                                                                      

Calathus melanocephalus (Linn.)                                                           

Calathus micropterus                                                                            

Calathus mollis (Marsham)                                                                    

Laemostenus terricola (Herbst)                                                              

Olisthopus rotundatus (Paykull)                                                             

Agonum albipes (Fabr.)                                                                          

Agonum ericeti (Panzer)                                                                       

Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer)                                                               

Amara apricaria (Paykull)                                                                     

Curtonotus aulicus (= Amara aulica (Panzer))

Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal)                                                                     

Amara familiaris (Duftschmid)                                                              

Amara lunicollis Schiodte)                                                                     

Harpalus affinis (Schrank)                                                                     

Harpalus latus (Linn.)                                                                            

Hapalus quadripunctatus Dejean                                                             

Dicheirotrichus gustavi Crotch                                                              

Trichocellus cognatus (Gyllenhal)                                                          

Bradycellus harpalinus Serville                                                               

Cymindis vaporariorum (Linn.)                                                             

Haliplidae (crawling water beetles)    

Haliplus confinis Steph.                          

Haliplus fulvus (Fabr.)                             

Haliplus lineatocollis (Marsham)             

Dytisticidae (water beetles)               

Hydroporus discretus                              

Hydroporus erythrocephalus (Linn.)       

Hydroporus gyllenhali Schiodte               

Hydroporus longulus Mulsnat                  

Hydroporus memnonius Nicolai              

Hydroporus morio Aubé                          

Hydroporus nigrita (Fabr.)                      

Hydroporus obscurus Sturm                     

Hydroporus obsoletus Aubé                     

Hydroporus palustris (Linn.)                   

Hydroporus pubescens (Gyllenhal)          

Hydroporus tristis (Paykull)                    

Hydroporus umbrosus (Gyllenhal)           

Potamonectes assimilis (Paykull)            

Potamonectes griseostriatus (Deg.)         

Oreodytes davisi (Curtis)                         

Agabus arcticus (Paykull)                        

Agabus biguttatus                                   

Agabus bipustulatus (Linn.)                     

Agabus chalconatus (= A. melanocornis)

Agabus guttatus (Paykull)                        

Agabus melanocornis Zimmerman          

Agabus nebulosus (Forster)                      

Ilybius fuliginosus (Fabr.)                        

Rhantus frontalis (Marsham)                  

Rhantus suturellus (= R. bistriatus)

Colymbetes fuscus (Linn.)                       

Acilius sulcatus (Linn.)                            

Dytiscus lapponicus Gyllenhal                 

Dytiscus semisulcatus AI?                       

Dytiscus sulcatus (Linn.)                       

Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)           

Gyrinus marinus (= Gyrinus opacus Sahlberg)

Gyrinus substriatus Steph.                        

Hydrophildae (scavenger water beetles)            

Helophorus aequalis (= Helophorus aquaticus (Linn.))

Helophorus brevipalpis Bedel                  

Helophorus flavipes (Fabr.)                     

Helophorus grandis Illiger                       

Helophorus granularis (Linn.)                 

Helophorus obscurus                              

Anacaena globulus (Paykull)                   

Laccobius bipunctatus (Fabr.)                  

Enochrus coarcticus                               

Enochrus quadripunctatus (Herbst)          

Chaetarthria seminulum (Herbst)

Hydraenidae (water beetles)            

Ochthebius dilatatus Steph.                     

Hydraena gracilis Germar                        

Hydraena palustris                                 

Limnebius truncatellus (Thunb.)              

Cerycon analis (Paykull)                         

Cerycon depressus Steph.                        

Cerycon haemorrhoidalis (Fabr.)            

Cerycon littoralis (Gyllenhal)                 

Cerycon melanocephalus (Linn.)            

Cerycon unipunctatus                             

Megasternum obscurum (Marsham)         

Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles)                                                                        

Ptenidium laevigatum Erichson                                                                             

Ptenidium nitidum (Heer)                                                                                      

Ptenidium punctatum                                                                                            

Ptenidium pusillum (Gyllenhal)                                                                              

Acrotrichis danica Sundt                                                                                        

Leiodidae (round fungus beetles)    

Hydnobius punctatus (Sturm)                  

Leiodes dubia (= Anisotoma dubia (Kugelann))

Leiodes obesa (= Anistoma obesa (Schmidt))

Agathidium laevigatum Erichson             

Sciodrepoides watsoni (= Sciodreps watsoni (Spence))

Catops fuscus (Panzer)                            

Catops morio (Fabr.)                              

Silphidae (burying beetles)               

Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch)  Sexton Beetle            

Nicrophorus interruptus                          

Nicrophorus vespilloides                         

Thanatophilus rugosus (Linn.)                

Aclypea opaca (Linn.)  Beet Carrion Beetle                          

Scydmaenidae                                      

Stenichnus collaris (Müll. & Kunze)        

Staphylinidae (rove beetles) 

Megarthrus denticollis (Beck) (= Magarthus denticollis (Beck))

Megarthrus depressus (Paykull)                                                                            

Olophrum fuscum                                                                                                 

Olophrum piceum (Gyllenhal)                                                                               

Eucnecosum brachypterum (Gravenhorst)(= Arpedium brachypterum (Gravenhorst)

Acidota crenata (Fabr.)                                                                                          

Acidota cruentata                                                                                                  

Lestiva sicula ssp. heeri Fauvel (= L. heeri Fauvel)

Lesteva longoelytrata (Goeze)                                                                               

Lesteva monticola Kiesenwetter                                                                            

Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim                                                                             

Eusphalerum torquatum (Marsham)                                                                       

Phyllodrepa floralis (Paykull)   

Omalium excavatum Steph.                                                                                   

Omalium laeviusculum Gyllenhal                                                                           

Omalium riparium Thomson                                                                                 

Omalium rivulare (Paykull)                                                                                   

Xylodromus concinnus (Marsham)                                                                        

Xylodromus depressus (Gravenhorst)                                                                     

Micralymma marinum (Ström)                                                                              

Bledius subterraneus Erichson                                                                                

Carpelimus pusillus (Gravenhorst)                                                                          

Platystethus arenarius (Fourcroy)                                                                          

Anotylus complanatus (Erichson)                                                                          

Anotylus maritimus Thomson                                                                               

Anotylus nitidulus (Gravenhorst)                                                                           

Anotylus rugosus (Fabr.)                                                                                        

Anotylus sculpturatus (Gravenhorst)                                                                      

Stenus brevipennis Thomson                                                                                 

Stenus brunnipes Steph.                                                                                         

Stenus clavicornis (Scop.)                                                                                      

Stenus geniculatus Gravenhorst                                                                              

Stenus impressus Germar                                                                                        

Stenus juno (Paykull)                                                                                             

Stenus latifrons                                                                                                      

Stenus nitidiusculus Steph.                                                                                      

Stenus ossium Steph.                                                                                              

Stenus picipes Steph.                                                                                             

Lathobrium brunnipes (Fabr.)                                                                                

Lathobrium fulvipenne (Gravenhorst)                                                                   

Lathobrium ripicola         

Othius angustus (Steph.)                                                                                        

Othius subuliformis Kiesenwetter (= Othius myrmecophilus Kiesenwetter)

Othius punctulatus (Goeze)                                                                                    

Gyrohypnus fracticornis (Müll.) 

Gyrohypnus liebei (Paykull) (= Gyrophypnus puctulatus (Paykull))

Megalinus glabratus (Gravenhorst) (= Xantholinus glabratus (Gravenhorst))

Xantholinus linearis (Olivier)                                                                                

Bisnius cephalotes (Gravenhorst)  (= Philonthus cephalotes (Gravenhorst))

Philonthus decorus (Gravenhorst)                                                                          

Bisnius fimetarius (Gravenhorst)  (= Philonthus fimetarius (Gravenhorst))

Philonthus marginatus (Ström)                                                                              

Philonthus politus (Linn.)                                                                                     

Bisnius sordidus (Gravenhorst) (= Philonthus sordidus (Gravenhorst))

Philonthus carbonarius (Gyllenhal)  (= Philonthus varius (Gyllenhal))

Gabrius nigritulus (Gravenhorst)                                                                             

Gabrius trossulus (von Nordmann)                                                                         

Cafius xantholoma (Gravenhorst)                                                                          

Ocypus aenocephalus Deg. (= Staphylinus aenocephalus Deg.)

Tasgius ater Gravenhorst (= Staphylinus ater Gravenhorst)

Ocypus olens (Müll.) (= Staphylinus olens (Müll.)) Devil's Coach Horse

Ocypus nero                                                                                                          

Creophilus maxillosus (Linn.)                                                                                

Quedius persimilis Jansson (= Quedius aridulus Jansson)

Quedius fulgidus (von Nordman) (= Quedius assimilis (von Nordman))

Quedius boopoides                                                                                                

Quedius boops (Gravenhorst)                                                                                 

Quedius cinctus (Paykull)                                                                                       

Quedius curtipennis Bernhauer                                                                               

Quedius fuliginosus (Gravenhorst)                                                                          

Quedius fulvicollis (Steph.)                                                                                    

Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham)                                                                           

Quedius molochinus (Gravenhorst)                                                                        

Quedius nitipennis (Steph.)                                                                                    

Quedius scintillans (Gravenhorst)                                                                           

Quedius semiaeneus (Steph.) 

Quedius schatzmayri Gridelli                                                                                  

Quedius levicollis (Gravenhorst)  (= Quedius tristis (Gravenhorst))

Quedius umbrinus Erichson                                                                                    

Mycetoporus angularis (Mulsant & Ray)                                                                

Mycetoporus splendidum (Gravenhorst)

Tachyporus atriceps Steph.                                                                                   

Tachyporus chrysomelinus (Linn.)                                                                        

Tachyporus dispar (Paykull)                                                                                  

Tachyporus hypnorum (Fabr.)                                                                               

Tachyporus nitidulus (Fabr.)                                                                                  

Tachyporus pallidus                                                                                              

Tachyporus pusillus (Gravenhorst)                                                                        

Tachinus laticollis Gravenhorst                                                                             

Tachinus proximus                                                                                                

Tachinus signatus Gravenhorst                                                                              

Cypha laeviuscula (Mannerheim)  

Myllaena brevicornis (Matthews)                                                                          

Autalia puncticollis Sharp                                                                                      

Boreophila eremita (Kraatz)  (= Boreophila islandica (Kraatz))

Aloconota gregaria (Erichson)                                                                               

Amischa analis (Gravenhorst)                                                                                

Amischa bifoveolata Sharp  (= Amischa cavifrons Sharp)

Lyprocorrhe anceps (Erichson)                                                                             

Goestiba circellaris (Gravenhorst)                                                                          

Liogluta longiuscula (Gravenhorst)                                                                        

Microdota amicula (Steph.)  (= Atheta amicula (Steph.))

Acrotona aterrima (Gravenhorst) (= Atheta aterrima (Gravenhosrt))

Dimetrota atramentaria (Gyllenhal) (= Atheta atramentaria (Gyllenhal))

Microdota atricolor (Sharp)  (= Atheta atricolor (Sharp))

Cadaverota cadaverina (Brisout) (= Atheta cadaverina (Brisout))

Datomicra celata (Erichson) (= Atheta celata (Erichson))

Philhygra debilis (Erichson) (= Atheta debilis (Erichson))

Philhygra elongatula (Gravenhorst) (= Atheta elongatula (Gravenhorst))

Bessobia excellens (Kraatz) (= Atheta excellens (Kraatz))

Bessobia fungivora (= Atheta fungivora)

Bessobia monticola (= Atheta monticola)

Pachyatheta mortuorum  (= Atheta mortuorum

Philhygra fallaciosa (Sharp) (= Atheta fallaciosa (Sharp))

Mocyta fungi (Gravenhorst) (= Atheta fungi (Gravenhorst))

Atheta graminicola (Gravenhorst)                                                                         

Atheta harwoodi Williams                                                                                     

Philhygra hygrobia (Thomson) (= Atheta hygrobia (Thomson))

Dimetrota ischnocera Thomson (=  Atheta ischnocera Thomson))

Chaetida longicornis (Gravenhorst) (= Atheta longicornis (Gravenhorst))

Philhygra melanocera (Thomson) (= Atheta melanocera (Thomson))

Datomicra nigra (Kraatz) (= Atheta nigra (Kraatz))

Dimetrota nigripes (Thomson) (= Atheta nigripes (Thomson))

Atheta aeneicollis (Heer) (= Atheta pertyi (Heer))

Atheta strandiella Brundin                                                                                     

Oreostiba tibialis (Heer) (= Atheta tibialis (Heer))

Alaobia trinotata (Kraatz) (= Atheta trinotata (Kraatz))

Thinobaena vestita (Gravenhorst)  (= Atheta vestita (Gravenhorst))

Datomicra zosterae (Thomson) (= Atheta zosterae (Thomson))

Ocalea picata (Steph.)                                                                                           

Ocyusa longitarsus (Rye) (= Ocyusa hibernica (Rye)

Mniusa incrassata (Mulsant & Rey)                                                                       

Oxypoda haemorrhoa (Mannerheim)                                                                    

Oxypoda nigricornis Motchulsky                                                                           

Oxypoda opaca (Gravenhorst)                                                                               

Oxypoda brevicornis (Gyllenhal) (= Oxypoda umbrata (Gyllenhal))

Aleochara grisea Kraatz                                                                                         

Aleochara lanuginosa Gravenhorst                                                                         

Aleochara obscurella Gravenhorst (= Aleochara algarum)

Aleochara sparsa Heer                                                                                           

Bryaxis bulbifer (Reichenbach)                                                                              

Geotrupidae (dor beetles)                                                                             

Geotrupes stercorarius (Linn.)                                                                               

Anoplotrupes stercorosus (Scriba) (= Geotrupes stercorosus (Scriba))

Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles) 

Aphodius ater (Deg.)                                                                                             

Aphodius borealis Gyllenhal                                                                                   

Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst)                                                                            

Aphodius depressus (Kugelann)                                                                              

Aphodius fimetarius (Linn.)                                                                                   

Aphodius lapponum Gyllenhal                                                                               

Aphodius prodromus                                                                                             

Aphodius rufipes (Linn.)                                                                                        

Aphodius rufus (Moll)                                                                                            

Aphodius sphacelatus (Panzer)                                                                              

Clambidae (armadillo beetles)           

Calyptomerus dubius (Marsham)             

Scirtidae (marsh beetles)                     

Elodes marginata (Fabr.)                         

Byrrhidae (pill beetles)                       

Simplocaria semistriata (Fabr.)                

Cytilus sericeus (Forster)                         

Byrrhus fasciatus (Forster)                      

Byrrhus pilula (Linn.)                             

Dryopidae (Long toed water beetle)  

Dryops auriculatus                                 

Dryops griseus (Erichson)                       

Elateridae (click beetles)                  

Hypnoidus riparius (Fabr.)                       

Athous subfuscus (Müll.)  RN: Scandinavian woodland species, absent from the rest of Britain, probably introduced accidentally by man.

Dalopius marginatus (Linn.)                    

Denticollis linearis (Linn.)                      

Cantharidae (soldier beetles)           

Mathodes pumilis (Brébisson)                 

Anobiidae (wood-boring beetles)     

Anobium punctatum (Deg.) Furniture Beetle                     

Ptinidae (spider beetles)                    

[Ptinus tectus Boieldieu  Australian Spider Beetle AI]                   

Nitidulidae (pollen beetles)               

Meligethes aeneus (Fabr.)                         

Meligethes urticae (Fabr.) (= Brachypterus urticae (Fabr.))               

Epuraea aestiva (Linn.)                                                                                         

Melyridae                                             

Hypebaeus flavipes                                 

Cryptophagidae (silken fungus beetles)           

Cryptophagus acutanglus (Gyllenhal)      

Cryptophagus cellaris (Scop.)                  

Cryptophagus dentatus (Herbst)              

Cryptophagus pilosus Gyllenhal              

Cryptophagus pseudodentatus Bruce        

Cryptophagus saginatus Sturm                 

Cryptophagus scanicus (Linn.)                

Cryptophagus setulosus Sturm                 

Atomaria apicalis Erichson                     

Atomaria atricapilla Steph.                     

Atomaria berolinensis Kraatz                  

Atomaria fuscipes (Gyellenhal)               

Atomaria lewisi Reitter                           

Atomaria nitidula (Marsham)                  

Atomaria ruficornis (Marsham)              

Ephistemus globulus (Paykull)                 

Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)    

[Rhagium mordax AI]                            

Coccinellidae (ladybirds)                  

Coccidula rufa                                        

Nephus redtenbacheri (Mulsant)              

Hippodamia variegata  (= Adonia variegata (Goeze))

Coccinella septempunctata Linn.  Seven-spot Ladybird M and AI: scarce and less than annual in August-September, often, but not always, in circumstances suggesting importation. There was a huge invasion in late August 1969 when thousands were on every beach.

Adalia bipunctata (Linn.) Two-spot Ladybird V and AI: one on the Fair Isle in June 1993, another found in a parcel in December 1995.

[Anatis ocellata (Linn.) Eyed Ladybird AI: one, probably out of imported flowers, Haroldswick, August 1994.]                   

Lathridiidae (mould beetles)             

Aridius nodifer (Westwood)                    

Lathridius pseudominutus (Strand)           

Enicmus histrio Joy & Tomlin                

Corticarina elongata (Gyllenhal)             

Corticarina fuscula (Gyllenhal)                

Corticarina umbilicata (Beck)                 

Chrysolmelidae (leaf beetles)          

Plateumaris discolor (Panzer)                 

Plateumaris sericea                                

Chrysolina sanguinolenta (= Chrysolina hellieseni Silfverberg) R: scarce, Keen of Hamar, Unst.

Chrysolina staphylaea (Linn.)                 

Phaedon tumidulus                                

Hydrothassa marginella (Linn.)               

[Leptinotarsa decemlineata  AI]            

Longitarsis luridus (Scop.)                       

Psylliodes marcida (Illiger)                      

Psylliodes picina (Marsham)                   

Apionidae (weevils)                                          

Holotrichapion aethiops (Herbst) (= Apion aethiops Herbst)

Apion cruentatum Walton                                                                                     

Apion frumentarium                                                                                              

Apion haematodes                                                                                                 

Ischopterapion loti (Kirby) (= Apion loti Kirby)

Protapion ryei (Blackburn) (= Apion reyi Blackburn) R: near-endemic species, but of debatable taxonomy.

Perapion violaceum (Kirby) (= Apion violaceum Kirby)

Erirhinidae (weevils)                                                                                         

Notarus acridulus (Linn.)                                                                                       

Curculionidae (weevils)

Otiorhynchus arcticus (Fabr.)                                                                                

Otiorhynchus atroapterus (Deg.)                                                                           

Otiorhynchus nodosus (Müll.)                                                                                

Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst)                                                                             

Otiorhynchus singularis (Linn.)                                                                             

Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabr.) Vine Weevil  RS: common and apparently increasing, but almost entirely indoors, Mainland and Unst at least.                               

Strophosoma melanogrammum (Forster) (=  Strophosomus melanogrammus (Forster))

Philopedon plagiatus (Schaller)                                                                              

Barynotus squamosus Germar                                                                                 

Tropiphorus elevatus (Herbst)                                                                               

Tropiphorus obtusus (Bonsdorff)                                                                           

Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal                                                                                         

Sitona lineelus (Bonsdorff)                                                                                    

Sitona puncticollis Steph.                                                                                      

Hypera plantaginis (Deg.)                                                                                      

Leiosoma deflexum (Panzer)                                                                                 

Euophyrum confine (Broun)                                                                                  

Micrelus ericae (Gyllenhal)                                                                                    

Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Linn.) (= Cidnorhinus quadrimaculatus (Linn.))

Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull)                                                                         

Ceutorhynchus minimus (Marsham) (= Ceutorhynchus contractus (Marsham))

Ceutorhynchus erisymi (Fabr.)                                                                               

Parathelcus pollinarius (Forster) (= Ceutorhynchus pollinarius (Forster))

Rhinoncus pericarpius (Linn.)                                                                                

Pelenomus quadrituberculatus (Fabr.) (= Phytobius quadrituberculatus (Fabr.))

Pissodes castaneus