List of beetles of Ireland


There are over 2,154 species of beetles species of Coleoptera native to Ireland. These are disposed in 84 families. By contrast there are 4,034 species of Coleoptera in the British Isles, consisting of 106 families. The largest beetle families in Ireland are the rove beetles with 641 species, the weevils with 214 species, and the ground beetles with 210 species.

Suborder [Adephaga] (adephagans)

Family [Carabidae] (ground beetles)

[Cicindelinae] Latreille, 1802

;Carabini Latreille, 1802
;Nebriini Laporte, 1834
;Notiophilini Motschulsky, 1850
;Elaphrini Latreille, 1802
;Loricerini Bonelli, 1810
;Broscini Hope, 1838
;Trechini Bonelli, 1810
;Patrobini Kirby, 1837
;Pterostichini Bonelli, 1810
;Sphodrini Laporte, 1834
;Harpalini Bonelli, 1810
;Licinini Bonelli, 1810
;Panagaeini Bonelli, 1810
;Masoreini Chaudoir, 1870
1 species

Infraorder [Bostrichiformia]

Family [Ptinidae] (woodworm, woodborers, spider beetles)

18 species
Subfamily Anobiinae
Subfamily Dryophilinae
Subfamily Ernobiinae
Subfamily Eucradinae
Subfamily Ptilininae
Subfamily Ptininae
Subfamily Xyletininae
Subfamily Attageninae
Subfamily Dermestinae
Subfamily Megatominae

Family [Alexiidae] (minute bark beetles)

Subfamily Apioninae
Subfamily Nanophyinae
Subfamily Atomariinae
Subfamily Cryptophaginae
Subfamily Baridinae
Subfamily Entiminae
Subfamily Hyperinae
Subfamily Cossoninae
Subfamily Curculioninae
Subfamily Molytinae
Subfamily Scolytinae
Subfamily Corticariinae
Subfamily Latridiinae
Subfamily Hallomeninae
Subfamily Melandryinae
Subfamily Osphyinae
Subfamily Agleninae
Subfamily Salpinginae
Subfamily Alleculinae
Subfamily Diaperinae
Subfamily Lagriinae
Subfamily Tenebrioninae
Subfamily Dasytinae
Subfamily Malachiinae
Subfamily Carpophilinae
Subfamily Cryptarchinae
Subfamily Meligethinae
Subfamily Nitidulinae

Family [Dascillidae]

Family [Scarabaeidae]

Family [Histeridae] (clown beetles)

Subfamily Abraeinae
Subfamily Histerinae
Subfamily Onthophilinae
Subfamily Saprininae
Subfamily Acrotrichinae
Subfamily Ptiliinae
Subfamily Hydrophilinae
Subfamily Sphaeridiinae
Subfamily Cholevinae
Subfamily Coloninae
Subfamily Leiodinae
Subfamily Aleocharinae
Subfamily Euaesthetinae
Subfamily Habrocerinae
Subfamily Micropeplinae
  • Micropeplus caelatus Erichson, 1839
  • Micropeplus fulvus Erichson, 1840
  • Micropeplus porcatus
  • Micropeplus staphylinoides
  • Micropeplus tesserula Curtis, 1828
Subfamily Omaliinae
  • Acidota crenata
  • Acidota cruentata Mannerheim, 1830
  • Acrolocha sulcula
  • Acrulia inflata
  • Anthobium atrocephalum
  • Anthobium unicolor
  • Anthophagus alpinus
  • Coryphium angusticolle Stephens, 1834
  • Deliphrum tectum
  • Eucnecosum brachypterum
  • Eusphalerum luteum
  • Eusphalerum minutum
  • Eusphalerum primulae
  • Geodromicus nigrita
  • Hapalaraea pygmaea
  • Lesteva hanseni Lohse, 1953
  • Lesteva longoelytrata
  • Lesteva monticola Kiesenwetter, 1847
  • Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830
  • Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839
  • Lesteva sicula Erichson, 1840
  • Lesteva heeri Fauvel, 1872
  • Micralymma marina
  • Olophrum fuscum
  • Olophrum piceum
  • Omalium allardi Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859
  • Omalium caesum Gravenhorst, 1806
  • Omalium excavatum Stephens, 1834
  • Omalium exiguum Gyllenhal, 1810
  • Omalium italicum Bernhauer, 1902
  • Omalium laeviusculum Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Omalium oxyacanthae Gravenhorst, 1806
  • Omalium riparium Thomson, 1857
  • Omalium rivulare
  • Omalium rugatum Rey, 1880
  • Omalium rugulipenne Rye, 1864
  • Omalium septentrionis Thomson, 1857
  • Philorinum sordidum
  • Phloeonomus punctipennis Thomson, 1867
  • Phloeonomus pusillus
  • Phloeostiba plana
  • Phyllodrepa devillei
  • Phyllodrepa gracilicornis
  • Phyllodrepa ioptera
  • Phyllodrepa vilis
  • Phyllodrepa floralis
  • Phyllodrepa puberula Bernhauer, 1903
  • Phyllodrepoidea crenata
  • Xylodromus bruneipennis
  • Xylodromus depressus
Subfamily Oxytelinae
  • Anotylus complanatus
  • Anotylus insecatus
  • Anotylus inustus
  • Anotylus maritimus
  • Anotylus nitidulus
  • Anotylus rugosus
  • Anotylus sculpturatus
  • Anotylus tetracarinatus
  • Bledius annae Sharp, 1911
  • Bledius erraticus Erichson, 1839
  • Bledius femoralis Gyllenhal, 1827
  • Bledius fergussoni Joy, 1912
  • Bledius furcatus
  • Bledius fuscipes Rye, 1865
  • Bledius gallicus
  • Bledius limicola Tottenham, 1940
  • Bledius longulus Erichson, 1839
  • Bledius occidentalis Bondroit, 1907
  • Bledius opacus
  • Bledius praetermissus Williams, 1929
  • Bledius subniger Schneider, 1900
  • Bledius subterraneus Erichson, 1839
  • Bledius unicornis
  • Carpelimus bilineatus Stephens, 1834
  • Carpelimus corticinus
  • Carpelimus elongatulus
  • Carpelimus fuliginosus
  • Carpelimus gracilis
  • Carpelimus impressus
  • Carpelimus obesus
  • Carpelimus pusillus
  • Carpelimus rivularis
  • Carpelimus similis Smetana, 1967
  • Carpelimus subtilicornis
  • Coprophilus striatulus
  • Deleaster dichrous
  • Ochthephilus aureus
  • Ochthephilus omalinus
  • Oxytelus laqueatus
  • Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806
  • Platystethus arenarius
  • Platystethus cornutus
  • Platystethus nodifrons Mannerheim, 1830
  • Syntomium aeneum
  • Teropalpus unicolor
  • Thinobius bicolor Joy, 1911
  • Thinobius longipennis sensu lato
  • Thinodromus arcuatus
Subfamily Paederinae
  • Astenus lyonessius
  • Lathrobium angusticolle Lacordaire, 1835
  • Lathrobium boreale Hochhuth, 1851
  • Lathrobium brunnipes
  • Lathrobium elongatum
  • Lathrobium fovulum Stephens, 1833
  • Lathrobium fulvipenne Gravenhorst, 1806
  • Lathrobium impressum Heer, 1841
  • Lathrobium longulum Gravenhorst, 1802
  • Lathrobium multipunctum Gravenhorst, 1802
  • Lathrobium pallidipenne Hochhuth 1851
  • Lathrobium quadratum
  • Lathrobium rufipenne Gyllenhal, 1813
  • Lathrobium terminatum Gravenhorst, 1802
  • Lathrobium zetterstedti Rye, 1872
  • Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz, 1859
  • Lithocharis ochracea
  • Medon ripicola
  • Ochthephilum fracticorne
  • Paederus caligatus Erichson, 1840
  • Paederus fuscipes Curtis, 1826
  • Paederus riparius
  • Pseudomedon obsoleta
  • Rugilus erichsoni
  • Rugilus geniculatus
  • Rugilus orbiculatus
  • Rugilus rufipes Germar, 1836
  • Rugilus similis
  • Scopaeus gracilis
  • Scopaeus sulcicollis
  • Sunius melanocephalus
  • Sunius propinquus
Subfamily Phloeocharinae
  • Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim, 1830
Subfamily Piestinae
  • Siagonium quadricorne Kirby, 1815
Subfamily Proteininae
  • Megarthrus bellevoyi
  • Megarthrus denticollis
  • Megarthrus depressus
  • Metopsia clypeata
  • Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840
  • Proteinus brachypterus
  • Proteinus laevigatus Hochhuth, 1871
  • Proteinus ovalis Stephens, 1834
Subfamily Pseudopsinae
  • Pseudopsis sulcata Newman, 1834
Subfamily Staphylininae
  • Atrecus affinis
  • Bisnius cephalotes
  • Bisnius fimetarius
  • Bisnius nigriventris Thomson, 1867
  • Bisnius puella Nordmann, 1837
  • Bisnius sordidus
  • Cafius fucicola Curtis, 1830
  • Cafius sericeus
  • Cafius xantholoma
  • Creophilus maxillosus
  • Dinothenarus pubescens
  • Erichsonius cinerascens
  • Gabrius bishopi Sharp, 1910
  • Gabrius breviventer
  • Gabrius keysianus Sharp, 1910
  • Gabrius nigritulus
  • Gabrius osseticus
  • Gabrius piliger Mulsant & Rey, 1876
  • Gabrius splendidulus
  • Gabrius subnigritulus
  • Gabrius trossulus
  • Gabrius velox Sharp, 1910
  • Gabronthus thermarum
  • Gauropterus fulgidus
  • Gyrohypnus angustatus Stephens, 1833
  • Gyrohypnus fracticornis
  • Gyrohypnus punctulatus
  • Heterothops binotatus
  • Heterothops minutus Wollaston, 1860
  • Heterothops niger Kraatz, 1868
  • Heterothops praevius Erichson, 1839
  • Leptacinus batychrus
  • Leptacinus pusillus
  • Megalinus glabratus
  • Neobisnius lathrobioides
  • Neobisnius procerulus
  • Neobisnius villosulus
  • Ocypus aeneocephalus
  • Ocypus ater
  • Ocypus brunnipes
  • Ocypus fortunatarum
  • Ocypus globulifer Geoffroy, 1785)
  • Ocypus melanarius
  • Ocypus morsitans
  • Ocypus olens
  • Ocypus nitens
  • Ontholestes murinus
  • Ontholestes tesselatus Stephens, 1829
  • Othius angustus Stephens, 1833
  • Othius laeviusculus Stephens, 1833
  • Othius punctulatus
  • Othius subuliformis Stephens 1833
  • Phacophallus parumpunctatus
  • Philonthus addendus Sharp, 1867
  • Philonthus albipes
  • Philonthus carbonarius
  • Philonthus cognatus Stephens, 1832
  • Philonthus concinnus
  • Philonthus corvinus Erichson, 1839
  • Philonthus cruentatus
  • Philonthus debilis
  • Philonthus decorus
  • Philonthus discoideus
  • Philonthus ebeninus
  • Philonthus fumarius
  • Philonthus furcifer Renkonen, 1937
  • Philonthus intermedius
  • Philonthus jurgans Tottenham, 1937
  • Philonthus laminatus
  • Philonthus lepidus
  • Philonthus longicornis Stephens, 1832
  • Philonthus mannerheimi Fauvel, 1868
  • Philonthus marginatus
  • Philonthus micans
  • Philonthus micantoides Benick & Lohse, 1956
  • Philonthus nigrita
  • Philonthus nitidicollis
  • Philonthus parvicornis
  • Philonthus politus
  • Philonthus punctus
  • Philonthus quisquiliarius
  • Philonthus rectangulus Sharp, 1874
  • Philonthus rotundicollis
  • Philonthus sanguinolentus
  • Philonthus splendens
  • Philonthus succicola Thomson, 1860
  • Philonthus tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
  • Philonthus umbratilis
  • Philonthus varians
  • Philonthus ventralis
  • Quedius assimilis
  • Quedius auricomus Kiesenwetter, 1850
  • Quedius boopoides Munster, 1923
  • Quedius boops
  • Quedius brevicornis
  • Quedius brevis Erichson, 1840
  • Quedius cinctus
  • Quedius cruentus
  • Quedius curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908
  • Quedius fuliginosus
  • Quedius fulvicollis
  • Quedius fumatus
  • Quedius humeralis Stephens, 1832
  • Quedius invreae Gridelli, 1924
  • Quedius longicornis Kraatz, 1857
  • Quedius maurorufus
  • Quedius mesomelinus
  • Quedius molochinus
  • Quedius nigriceps Kraatz, 1857
  • Quedius nitipennis
  • Quedius pallipes Lucas, 1849
  • Quedius persimilis Mulsant & Rey 1876
  • Quedius picipes
  • Quedius plagiatus Mannerheim, 1843
  • Quedius puncticollis Thomson, 1867
  • Quedius schatzmayri Gridelli, 1922
  • Quedius scintillans
  • Quedius semiaeneus
  • Quedius semiobscurus
  • Quedius tristis
  • Quedius truncicola Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856
  • Quedius umbrinus Erichson, 1839
  • Staphylinus dimidiaticornis Gemminger, 1851
  • Staphylinus erythropterus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Xantholinus elegans
  • Xantholinus laevigatus Jacobson, 1847
  • Xantholinus linearis
  • Xantholinus longiventris Heer, 1839
Subfamily Steninae
Subfamily Tachyporinae
Subfamily Pselaphinae
Subfamily Scydmaeninae
Subfamily Scaphidiinae