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  • None of these lists can be reproduced without written permission from SEG or SBRC.

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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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.)                                                             

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  • Haliplidae (crawling water beetles)    

  • Haliplus confinis Steph.                          

  • Haliplus fulvus (Fabr.)                             

  • Haliplus lineatocollis (Marsham)             

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  • 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.)                       

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  • Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)           

  • Gyrinus marinus (= Gyrinus opacus Sahlberg)

  • Gyrinus substriatus Steph.                        

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  • 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)

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  • 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)         

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  • Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles)                                                                        

  • Ptenidium laevigatum Erichson                                                                             

  • Ptenidium nitidum (Heer)                                                                                      

  • Ptenidium punctatum                                                                                            

  • Ptenidium pusillum (Gyllenhal)                                                                              

  • Acrotrichis danica Sundt                                                                                        

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  • 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.)                              

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  • Silphidae (burying beetles)               

  • Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch)  Sexton Beetle            

  • Nicrophorus interruptus                          

  • Nicrophorus vespilloides                         

  • Thanatophilus rugosus (Linn.)                

  • Aclypea opaca (Linn.)  Beet Carrion Beetle                          

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  • Scydmaenidae                                      

  • Stenichnus collaris (Müll. & Kunze)        

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  • 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)                             &n