List of beetles of Great Britain

This is a list of beetle species in Britain.

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae

See List of ground beetle (Carabidae) species recorded in Britain

Families Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Paelobiidae and Dytiscidae

See List of water beetle species recorded in Britain

Suborder Myxophaga

Family Sphaeriusidae

• Sphaerius microsporus

Suborder Polyphaga

Infraorder Bostrichiformia

Superfamily Bostrichoidea Family Dermestidae Anthrenocerus australis – Australian carpet beetle Anthrenus coloratus Anthrenus flavipes – furniture carpet beetle Anthrenus fuscus Anthrenus museorum – museum beetle Anthrenus olgae Anthrenus pimpinellae Anthrenus sarnicus – Guernsey carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae – common carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci – varied carpet beetle Attagenus brunneus Attagenus cyphonoides Attagenus fasciatus – tobacco seed beetle Attagenus pellio – fur beetle Attagenus smirnovi Attagenus trifasciatus Attagenus unicolor – black carpet beetle Ctesias serra Dermestes ater Dermestes carnivorus Dermestes frischii Dermestes haemorrhoidalis – black larder beetle Dermestes lardarius – larder beetle Dermestes leechi Dermestes maculatus – hide beetle Dermestes murinus Dermestes peruvianus – Peruvian larder beetle Dermestes undulatus Globicornis nigripes Megatoma undata Orphinus fulvipes Reesa vespulae Thorictodes heydeni Thylodrias contractus – odd beetle, tissue paper beetle Trinodes hirtus Trogoderma angustum Trogoderma glabrum Trogoderma granarium – Khapra beetle, cabinet beetle Trogoderma inclusum – large cabinet beetle Trogoderma variabile Family Bostrichidae Bostrichus capucinus Bostrychoplites cornutus Lyctus brunneus Lyctus cavicollis Lyctus linearis – European lyctus beetle Lyctus planicollis – southern lyctus beetle Lyctus sinensis Rhyzopertha dominica – lesser grain borer Stephanopachys substriatus Trogoxylon parallelopipedum

Family Anobiidae Anitys rubens Anobium inexspectatum Anobium punctatum – common furniture beetle Caenocara affinis Caenocara bovistae Dorcatoma ambjoerni Dorcatoma chrysomelina Dorcatoma dresdensis Dorcatoma flavicornis Dorcatoma serra Dryophilus anobioides Dryophilus pusillus Ernobius abietis Ernobius angusticollis Ernobius gigas Ernobius mollis Ernobius nigrinus Ernobius pini Gastrallus immarginatus Gibbium aequinoctiale Gibbium psylloides Grynobius planus Hadrobregmus denticollis Hemicoelus fulvicornis Hemicoelus nitidus Lasioderma serricorne – cigarette beetle Mezium affine Niptus hololeucus – golden spider beetle Ochina ptinoides – ivy boring beetle Pseudeurostus hilleri Ptilinus pectinicornis – fan-bearing wood-borer Ptinomorphus imperialis Ptinus clavipes Ptinus dubius Ptinus exulans Ptinus fur – white-marked spider beetle Ptinus latefasciatus Ptinus lichenum Ptinus palliatus Ptinus pilosus Ptinus pusillus Ptinus raptor Ptinus sexpunctatus Ptinus subpilosus Ptinus tectus – Australian spider beetle Ptinus villiger Sphaericus gibboides Stegobium paniceum – drugstore beetle, biscuit beetle Stethomezium squamosum Tipnus unicolor Trigonogenius globulus – globular spider beetle Xestobium rufovillosum – deathwatch beetle Xyletinus longitarsis Superfamily Derodontoidea Family Derodontidae Larcobius erichsonii

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Infraorder Cucujiformia

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea Family Cerambycidae See List of longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae) species recorded in Britain Family Orsodacnidae Orsodacne cerasi Orsodacne humeralis Family Megalopodidae Zeugophora flavicollis Zeugophora subspinosa Zeugophora turneri Family Chrysomelidae See List of leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae) species recorded in Britain Superfamily Cleroidea Family Phloiophilidae Phloiophilus edwardsii Family Trogossitidae Lophocateres pusillus Nemozoma elongatum Ostoma ferrugineum Tenebroides mauritanicus – cadelle beetle Thymalus limbatus Family Cleridae Korynetes caeruleus – steely blue beetle Necrobia ruficollis Necrobia rufipes – red-legged ham beetle Necrobia violacea Opilo mollis Paratillus carus Tarsostenus univittatus Thanasimus femoralis Thanasimus formicarius – ant beetle, European red-bellied clerid Thaneroclerus buquet Tilloidea unifasciata Tillus elongatus Trichodes alvearius Trichodes apiarius Family Melyridae Anthocomus fasciatus Anthocomus rufus Aplocnemus impressus Aplocnemus nigricornis Axinotarsus marginalis Axinotarsus pulicarius Axinotarsus ruficollis Cerapheles terminatus Clanoptilus barnevillei Clanoptilus marginellus Clanoptilus strangulatus Cordylepherus viridis Dasytes aeratus Dasytes cyaneus Dasytes niger Dasytes plumbeus Dasytes virens Dolichosoma lineare Ebaeus pedicularius Hypebaeus flavipes Malachius aeneus Malachius bipustulatus – malachite beetle Psilothrix viridicoeruleus Sphinginus lobatus Troglops cephalotes Superfamily Cucujoidea Family Sphindidae Aspidiphorus orbiculatus Sphindus dubius Family Kateretidae Brachypterolus antirrhini Brachypterolus linariae Brachypterolus pulicarius Brachypterolus vestitus Brachypterus glaber Brachypterus urticae Kateretes pedicularius Kateretes pusillus Kateretes rufilabris Family Nitidulidae (pollen beetles) See List of pollen beetles (Nitidulidae) recorded in Britain Family Monotomidae Cyanostolus aeneus Monotoma angusticollis Monotoma bicolor Monotoma brevicollis Monotoma conicicollis Monotoma longicollis Monotoma picipes Monotoma quadricollis Monotoma quadrifoveolata Monotoma spinicollis Monotoma testacea Rhizophagus bipustulatus Rhizophagus cribratus Rhizophagus depressus Rhizophagus dispar Rhizophagus ferrugineus Rhizophagus grandis Rhizophagus nitidulus Rhizophagus oblongicollis Rhizophagus parallelocollis Rhizophagus parvulus Rhizophagus perforatus Rhizophagus picipes Family Silvanidae Ahasverus advena – foreign grain beetle Cathartus quadricollis – square-necked grain beetle Cryptamorpha desjardinsii – Desjardins' beetle Dendophagus crenatus Nausibius clavicornis Oryzaephilus mercator – merchant grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis – saw-toothed grain beetle Psammoecus bipunctatus Silvanus bidentatus Silvanoprus fagi Silvanus unidentatus Uleiota planata Family Cucujidae Pediacus depressus Pediacus dermestoides Family Laemophloeidae Cryptolestes capensis Cryptolestes duplicatus Cryptolestes ferrugineus Cryptolestes pusilloides Cryptolestes pusillus Cryptolestes spartii Cryptolestes turcicus Laemophloeus monilis Leptophoeus clematidis Leptophoeus janeti Notolaemus unifasciatus Family Phalacridae Olibrus aeneus Olibrus affinis Olibrus corticalis Olibrus flavicornis Olibrus liquidus Olibrus millefolii Olibrus pygmaeus Phalacrus brunnipes Phalacrus caricis Phalacrus corruscus Phalacrus fimetarius Phalacrus substriatus Stilbus atomarius Stilbus oblongus Stilbus testaceus Family Cryptophagidae Antherophagus canescens Antherophagus nigricornis Antherophagus pallens Atomaria apicalis Atomaria atra Atomaria atricapilla Atomaria badia Atomaria barani Atomaria basalis Atomaria bella Atomaria clavigera Atomaria diluta Atomaria fimetarii Atomaria fuscata Atomaria fuscipes Atomaria gutta Atomaria hislopi Atomaria impressa Atomaria lewisi Atomaria linearis – pygmy mangel beetle Atomaria lohsei Atomaria mesomela Atomaria morio Atomaria munda Atomaria nigripennis Atomaria nigrirostris Atomaria nigriventris Atomaria nitidula Atomaria ornata Atomaria peltata Atomaria procerula Atomaria pseudatra Atomaria pulchra Atomaria puncticollis Atomaria punctithorax Atomaria pusilla

Atomaria rhenana Atomaria rubella Atomaria rubida Atomaria rubricollis Atomaria scutellaris Atomaria strandi Atomaria testacea Atomaria turgida Atomaria umbrina Atomaria wollastoni Atomaria zetterstedti Caenoscelis ferruginea Caenoscelis sibirica Caenoscelis subdeplanata Cryptophagus acuminatus Cryptophagus acutangulus Cryptophagus angustus Cryptophagus badius Cryptophagus cellaris Cryptophagus confusus Cryptophagus corticinus Cryptophagus dentatus Cryptophagus distinguendus Cryptophagus falcozi Cryptophagus fallax Cryptophagus fuscicornis Cryptophagus hexagonalis Cryptophagus immixtus Cryptophagus intermedius Cryptophagus labilis Cryptophagus lapponicus Cryptophagus laticollis Cryptophagus lycoperdi Cryptophagus micaceus Cryptophagus obsoletus Cryptophagus pallidus Cryptophagus pilosus Cryptophagus populi Cryptophagus pseudodentatus Cryptophagus pubescens Cryptophagus rotundatus Cryptophagus ruficornis Cryptophagus saginatus Cryptophagus scanicus Cryptophagus schmidtii Cryptophagus scutellatus Cryptophagus setulosus Cryptophagus simplex Cryptophagus subdepressus Cryptophagus subfumatus Cryptophagus subvittatus Ephistemus globulus Henoticus californicus Henoticus serratus Hypocoprus latridioides Micrambe abietis Micrambe aubrooki Micrambe bimaculata Micrambe lindbergorum Micrambe villosa Micrambe vini Ootypus globosus Paramecosoma melanocephalum Telmatophilus brevicollis Telmatophilus caricis Telmatophilus schoenherrii Telmatophilus sparganii Telmatophilus typhae Family Erotylidae Dacne bipustulata Dacne rufifrons Triplax aenea Triplax lacordairii Triplax russica Triplax scutellaris Tritoma bipustulata Family Byturidae Byturus ochraceus Byturus tomentosus – raspberry beetle Family Biphyllidae Biphyllus lunatus Diplocoelus fagi Family Bothrideridae Anommatus diecki Anommatus duodecimstriatus Oxylaemus cylindricus Oxylaemus variolosus Teredus cylindricus Family Cerylonidae Cerylon fagi Cerylon ferrugineum Cerylon histeroides Murmidius ovalis Murmidius segregatus Family Alexiidae Sphaerosoma pilosum Family Endomychidae Endomychus coccineus Holoparamecus caularum Holoparamecus depressus Holoparamecus singularis Lycoperdina bovistae Lycoperdina succincta Mycetaea subterranea Symbiotes latus Family Coccinellidae (ladybirds) See List of ladybirds and related beetle species recorded in Britain Family Corylophidae Corylophus cassidoides Corylophus sublaevipennis Orthoperus aequalis Orthoperus atomarius Orthoperus atomus Orthoperus brunnipes Orthoperus corticalis Orthoperus nigrescens Rypobius praetermissus Sericoderus lateralis Family Latridiidae Adistemia watsoni Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere constricta Cartodere nodifer Cartodere norvegica Corticaria abietorum Corticaria alleni Corticaria crenulata Corticaria dubia Corticaria elongata Corticaria fagi Corticaria ferruginea Corticaria fulva Corticaria impressa Corticaria inconspicua Corticaria longicollis Corticaria polypori Corticaria punctulata Corticaria rubripes Corticaria serrata Corticaria umbilicata Corticarina fulvipes Corticarina fuscula Corticarina lambiana Corticarina latipennis Corticarina similata Corticarina truncatella Cortinicara gibbosa Dienerella argus Dienerella clathrata Dienerella elegans Dienerella elongata Dienerella filiformis Dienerella filum Dienerella ruficollis Dienerella schueppeli Enicmus brevicornis Enicmus fungicola Enicmus histrio Enicmus rugosus Enicmus testaceus Enicmus transversus Latridius anthracinus Latridius consimilis Latridius minutus Latridius pseudominutus Lithostygnus serripennis Melanophthalma curticollis Melanophthalma distinguenda Melanophthalma suturalis Stephostethus alternans Stephostethus angusticollis Stephostethus lardarius Thes bergrothi Superfamily Curculionoidea See List of weevil (Curculionoidea) species recorded in Britain Superfamily Lymexyloidea Family Lymexylidae Hylecoetus dermestoides Lymexylon navale Superfamily Tenebrionoidea See List of beetle species recorded in Britain - superfamily Tenebrionoidea

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Infraorder Elateriformia

Superfamily Buprestoidea Family Buprestidae Agrilus angustulus Agrilus biguttatus Agrilus laticornis Agrilus sinuatus Agrilus sulcicollis Agrilus viridis – beech splendour beetle Anthaxia nitidula Anthaxia quadripunctata Anthaxia salicis Aphanisticus emarginatus Aphanisticus pusillus Bupretis aurulenta – golden buprestid Melanophila acuminata Trachys minutus Trachys scrobiculatus Trachys troglodytes Superfamily Byrrhoidea Family Byrrhidae Byrrhus arietinus Byrrhus fasciatus Byrrhus pilula Byrrhus pustulatus Chaetophora spinosa Curimopsis maritima Curimopsis nigrita – mire pill beetle Curimopsis setigera Cytilus sericeus Morychus aeneus Porcinolus murinus Simplocaria maculosa Simplocaria semistriata Families Elmidae, Dryopidae and Limnichidae See List of water beetle species recorded in Britain Family Heteroceridae Augyles hispidulus Augyles maritimus Heterocerus femoralis Heterocerus fenestratus Heterocerus flexuosus Heterocerus fossor Heterocerus fusculus Heterocerus marginatus Heterocerus obsoletus Family Psephenidae Eubria palustris Superfamily Dascilloidea Family Dascillidae Dascillus cervinus Superfamily Elateroidea Family Eucnemidae Epiphanis cornutus Eucnemis capucina Hylis cariniceps Hylis olexai Melasis buprestoides Microrhagus pygmaeus

Family Throscidae Aulonothrosucus brevicollis Trixagus carinifrons Trixagus dermestoides Trixagus gracilis Trixagus obtusus Family Elateridae (click beetles) See List of click beetle (Elateridae) species recorded in Britain Family Drilidae Drilus flavescens Family Lycidae Dictyoptera aurora Platycis cosnardi Platycis minutus Pyropterus nigroruber Family Lampyridae Lamprohiza splendidula Lampyris noctiluca – common glow-worm Phosphaenus hemipterus – lesser glow-worm Family Cantharidae See List of soldier beetle (Cantharidae) species recorded in Britain Superfamily Scirtoidea Family Eucinetidae Eucinetus meridionalis Family Clambidae Calyptomerus dubius Clambus armadillo Clambus evae Clambus gibbulus Clambus nigrellus Clambus nigriclavis Clambus pallidulus Clambus pubescens Clambus punctulus Clambus simsoni Family Scirtidae Cyphon coarctatus Cyphon hilaris Cyphon kongsbergensis Cyphon laevipennis Cyphon ochraceus Cyphon padi Cyphon palustris Cyphon pubescens Cyphon punctipennis Cyphon variabilis Elodes elongata Elodes minuta Elodes pseudominuta Elodes tricuspis Hydrocyphon deflexicollis Microcara testacea Odeles marginata Prionocyphon serricornis Scirtes hemisphaericus Scirtes orbicularis

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Infraorder Scarabaeiformia

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

See List of dung beetle and chafer (Scarabaeoidea) species recorded in Britain

Infraorder Staphyliniformia

Superfamily Histeroidea Family Sphaeritidae Sphaerites glabratus Family Histeridae Abraeus granulum Abraeus perpusillus Acritus homoeopathicus Acritus nigricornis Aeletes atomarius Atholus bimaculatus Atholus duodecimstriatus Carcinops pumilio Dendrophilus punctatus Dendrophilus pygmaeus Dendrophilus xavieri Epierus comptus Gnathoncus buyssoni Gnathoncus communis Gnathoncus nannetensis Gnathoncus rotundatus Halacritus punctum Hetaerius ferrugineus Hister bissexstriatus Hister illigeri Hister quadrimaculatus Hister quadrinotatus Hister unicolor Hypocaccus dimidiatus Hypocaccus metallicus Hypocaccus rugiceps Hypocaccus rugifrons Kissister minimus Margarinotus brunneus Margarinotus marginatus Margarinotus merdarius Margarinotus neglectus Margarinotus obscurus Margarinotus purpurascens Margarinotus striola Margarinotus ventralis Myrmetes paykulli Onthophilus punctatus Onthophilus striatus Paromalus flavicornis Paromalus parallelepipedus Plegaderus dissectus Plegaderus vulneratus Saprinus aeneus Saprinus immundus Saprinus planiusculus Saprinus semistriatus Saprinus subnitescens Saprinus virescens Teretrius fabricii Superfamily Hydrophiloidea See List of water beetle species recorded in Britain Superfamily Staphylinoidea Family Hydraenidae See List of water beetle species recorded in Britain Family Ptiliidae Acrotrichis arnoldi Acrotrichis atomaria Acrotrichis brevipennis Acrotrichis cephalotes Acrotrichis cognata Acrotrichis danica Acrotrichis dispar Acrotrichis fascicularis Acrotrichis grandicollis Acrotrichis insularis Acrotrichis intermedia Acrotrichis josephi Acrotrichis lucidula Acrotrichis montandonii Acrotrichis norvegica Acrotrichis parva Acrotrichis pumila Acrotrichis rosskotheni Acrotrichis rugulosa Acrotrichis sanctaehelenae Acrotrichis sericans Acrotrichis silvatica Acrotrichis sitkaensis Acrotrichis strandi Acrotrichis thoracica Actidium aterrimum Actidium coarctatum Actinopteryx fucicola Baeocrara variolosa Euryptilium gillmeisteri Euryptilium saxonicum Micridium halidaii Microptilium palustre Microptilium pulchellum Millidium minutissimum Nephanes titan Nossidium pilosellum Oligella foveolata Oligella insignis Oligella intermedia Ptenidium brenskei Ptenidium formicetorum Ptenidium fuscicorne Ptenidium gressneri Ptenidium intermedium Ptenidium laevigatum Ptenidium longicorne Ptenidium nitidum Ptenidium punctatum Ptenidium pusillum Ptenidium turgidum Pteryx suturalis Ptiliola brevicollis Ptiliola kunzei Ptiliolum caledonicum Ptiliolum fuscum Ptiliolum marginatum Ptiliolum sahlbergi Ptiliolum schwarzi Ptiliolum spencei Ptilium affine Ptilium caesum Ptilium exaratum Ptilium horioni Ptilium myrmecophilum Ptinella aptera Ptinella britannica Ptinella cavelli Ptinella denticollis Ptinella errabunda Ptinella limbata Ptinella simsoni Ptinella taylorae Smicrus filicornis Family Leiodidae Agaricophagus cephalotes Agathidium arcticum Agathidium atrum Agathidium confusum Agathidium convexum Agathidium laevigatum Agathidium marginatum Agathidium nigrinum

Agathidium nigripenne Agathidium pisanum Agathidium rotundatum Agathidium seminulum Agathidium varians Aglyptinus agathidioides Amphicyllis globus Anisotoma castanea Anisotoma glabra Anisotoma humeralis Anisotoma orbicularis Catopidius depressus Catops chrysomeloides Catops coracinus Catops fuliginosus Catops fuscus Catops grandicollis Catops kirbii Catops longulus Catops morio Catops nigricans Catops nigriclavis Catops nigrita Catops tristis Choleva agilis Choleva angustata Choleva cisteloides Choleva elongata Choleva fagniezi Choleva glauca Choleva jeanneli Choleva lederiana Choleva oblonga Choleva spadicea Colenis immunda Colon angulare Colon appendiculatum Colon brunneum Colon dentipes Colon latum Colon rufescens Colon serripes Colon viennense Colon zebei Hydnobius latifrons Hydnobius punctatus Hydnobius spinipes Leiodes badia Leiodes calcarata Leiodes ciliaris Leiodes cinnamomea Leiodes ferruginea Leiodes flavescens Leiodes furva Leiodes gallica Leiodes gyllenhalii Leiodes litura Leiodes longipes Leiodes lucens Leiodes lunicollis Leiodes macropus Leiodes nigrita Leiodes obesa Leiodes oblonga Leiodes picea Leiodes rufipennis Leiodes rugosa Leiodes silesiaca Leiodes strigipennis Leiodes triepkii Leptinus testaceus Liocyrtusa minuta Liocyrtusa vittata Nargus anisotomoides Nargus velox Nargus wilkinii Nemadus colonoides Parabathyscia wollastoni Ptomaphagus medius Ptomaphagus subvillosus Ptomaphagus varicornis Sciodrepoides fumatus Sciodrepoides watsoni Sogda suturalis Triarthron maerkelii Family Scydmaenidae Cephennium gallicum Euconnus denticornis Euconnus duboisi Euconnus fimetarius Euconnus hirticollis Euconnus maeklinii Euconnus pragensis Euconnus rutilipennis Eutheia formicetorum Eutheia linearis Eutheia plicata Eutheia schaumii Eutheia scydmaenoides Euthiconus conicicollis Microscydmus minimus Microscydmus nanus Neuraphes angulatus Neuraphes carinatus Neuraphes elongatulus Neuraphes plicicollis Neuraphes praeteritus Neuraphes talparum Scydmaenus rufus Scydmaenus tarsatus Scydmoraphes helvolus Scydmoraphes sparshalli Stenichnus bicolor Stenichnus collaris Stenichnus godarti Stenichnus poweri Stenichnus pusillus Stenichnus scutellaris Family Silphidae Aclypea opaca Aclypea undata Dendroxena quadrimaculata Necrodes littoralis Nicrophorus germanicus Nicrophorus humator Nicrophorus interruptus Nicrophorus investigator Nicrophorus vespillo Nicrophorus vespilloides Nicrophorus vestigator Oiceoptoma thoracicum Silpha atrata Silpha carinata Silpha laevigata Silpha obscura Silpha tristis Silpha tyrolensis Thanatophilus dispar Thanatophilus rugosus Thanatophilus sinuatus Family Staphylinidae See List of rove beetle (Staphylinidae) species recorded in Britain