A provisional checklist of
Berkshire Coleoptera
Dr.Jonty Denton
2013
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CHECKLIST OF BERKSHIRE COLEOPTERA
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758
Green tiger beetle
Cicindela sylvatica Linneaus, 1758
Heath tiger beetle
Cychrus caraboides (Linneaus, 1758)
Carabus arvensis Herbst, 1784
Carabus auratus Linnaeus, 1761
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
+
++ Local on heaths, scattered in woodlands and disturbed ground.
*
(Na) . On open dry heathland with short heather & open sandy areas.
++
?
+
Widespread in wooded districts. A flightless snail predator.
Very local on heathland and commons.
Introduced. Well established in allotmenst in Reading (MVB etc)
++
++
++
++
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Local in damp meadows,
(Nb) Rare, declining? 1990
Widespread in open habitats.
Local in dry areas especially on heaths and commons.
Widespread and common occurring in woods, parks, gardens, and more open habitats.
*
++
++
++
++
(Na)
Local in wooded country and heaths,
Local in leaf litter etc. in woods, hedgerows, and disturbed ruderal sites.
Local in damp shady places in leaf litter.
20th century colonist (first noted in the 1940s), now widespread especially in woods in litter under trees especially
beech.
Frequent in woods, gardens etc.
Widespread and common.
Local on heathland and open sandy ground..
Local in dry habitats especially heathland. Hitchcopse
Frequent in all kinds of open situations including gardens.
Rare in open dry areas.
Frequent in leaf litter in woods etc.
(Nb) Rare in open sites esp. on clay.
Local in leaf litter in moist, often shady places, including gardens.
Frequent in open dry country including gardens.
Local at margins of water and in marshy ground.
Local at margins of water and in marshy ground.
(Nb) ? Extinct?
Frequent in damp litter especially in woods, also in large gardens.
Local on open bare ground in sandpits, heaths etc.
Local on moist open ground, especially on heaths where it often shelters under mats of Zygogonium algae on
bare sand.
The Coppersmith
Carabus granulatus Linneaus, 1758
Carabus monilis Fabricius, 1792
Carabus nemoralis Müller, 1764
Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786
Carabus violaceus Linneaus, 1758
Violet ground beetle
Calosoma inquisitor (Linneaus, 1758)
Leistus ferrugineus (Linneaus, 1758)
Leistus fulvibarbis Dejean, 1826
Leistus rufescens (Fabricius, 1775)
Leistus rufomarginatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Leistus spinibarbis (Fabricius, 1775)
Nebria brevicollis (Fabricius, 1792)
Nebria salina Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1854
Notiophilus aquaticus (Linneaus, 1758)
Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779)
Notiophilus germinyi Fauvel, 1863
Notiophilus palustris (Duftschmid, 1812)
Notiophilus quadripunctatus Dejean, 1826
Notiophilus rufipes Curtis, 1829
Notiophilus substriatus Waterhouse, 1833
Elaphrus cupreus Duftschmid, 1812
Elaphrus riparius (Linneaus, 1758)
Elaphrus uliginosus Fabricius, 1792
Loricera pilicornis (Fabricius, 1775)
Dyschirius aeneus (Dejean, 1825)
Dyschirius globosus (Herbst, 1784)
+
Rom
+
+
Rom
Rom
Rom
+
+
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++
++
++
++
+
++
+
+
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++
++
*
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Leud ??
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Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Dyschirius politus (Dejean, 1825)
Clivina collaris (Herbst, 1784)
Clivina fossor (Linneaus, 1758)
Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Patrobus atrorufus (Ström, 1768)
Trechus obtusus Erichson, 1837
Trehus quadristriatus (Schrank, 1781)
Trechus rubens (Fabricius, 1792)
Trechus secalis (Paykull, 1790)
Lasiotrechus (=Trechus) discus (Fabricius, 1792)
Trechoblemus (=Trechus) micros (Herbst, 1784)
Asaphidion curtum (Heyden, 1870)
Asaphidion flavipes sens str.( Linneaus, 1761)
Asaphidion pallipes (Duftschmid, 1812)
Asaphidion stierlini (Heyden, 1880)
Bembidion nigricorne Gyllenhal, 1827
Bembidion lampros (Herbst, 1784)
Bembidion properans Stephens, 1828
Bembidion punctulatum Drapiez, 1821
Bembidion dentellum (Thunberg, 1787)
Bembidion obliquum Sturm, 1825
Bembidion varium (Olivier, 1795)
Bembidion decorum (Zenker in Panzer, 1800)
Bembidion femoratum Sturm, 1825
Bembidion maritimum Stephens, 1835
Bembidion nitidulum (Marsham, 1802)
Bembidion stephensi Crotch, 1871
Bembidion testaceum (Duftschmid, 1812)
Bembidion tetracolum Say, 1823
Bembidion quadrimaculatum (Linneaus, 1761)
Bembidion quadripustulatum Serville, 1821
Bembidion gilvipes Sturm, 1825
Bembidion assimile Gyllenhal, 1810
Bembidion clarki Dawson, 1849
Bembidion minimum (Fabricius, 1792)
Bembidion genei Küester, 1847
Bembidion doris (Panzer, 1796)
Bembidion articulatum (Panzer, 1795)
Bembidion obtusum Serville, 1821
Bembidion aeneum Germar, 1824
Bembidion biguttatum (Fabricius, 1779)
Bembidion guttula (Fabricius, 1792)
SUB
VCH 19072005
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Rom
*
Rom
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++
++
Rom
++
Rom
++
*
+
+
Rom
+
+
+
*
++
+
Rom
++
Rom
++
+
Br/Sax
++
+
+
+
++
?
+
Rom
Br/Sax
Br/Sax
Rom
Br/Sax
Rom
Rom
+
+
+
+
++
++
?
+
+
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+
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+
Notes
Rare on bare sand near water.
Rare, partly subterranean in gardens, and especially on sandy banks of rivers s
Local, partly subterranean in wetlands, sandy river banks etc.
HitchCopse Pit (DJM)
Rare Wet woods,
Local in open habitats including gardens, and cultivated land.
Frequent in open country including gardens.
(Nb) ?,
Rare in wet grassland.
(Nb) Rare in runs of mammals. [Wetland margins]
Rare? [In mammal runs or burrows] 1988
Local on bare usually clayey soils in woods, rides and gardens.
Rare in a variety of habitats primarily in vicinity of water.
M.Moorcroft1994 doubtful
Local. Recently split species, widespread especially on chalky and clay soils, and also in ruderal sites.
(Nb) Rare. In heather litter on open heathland.
Widespread on various open habitats including fields.
Local in open habitats.
? [At margins of running water].
Widespread in marshy places near ponds, also on bare drawdown zones of drying water bodies.
(Nb) Rare in marshy places near ponds and rivers on exposed silt.
Rare on margins of ponds and marshy places. .
Local in open sandy places, including sandpits and disturbed areas on heathlands.
Extinct? [Exposed sediments in estuaries, sea shores]
Rare near water [on exposed sediments]. ,
Rare [Shady bare ground].
(Nb) [At margins of rivers].
Widespread on bare ground near water, often on open shingle, and sand by rivers and streams.
Local in open sparsely vegetated areas on a variety of soils.
(Nb) Rare at margins of water on bare silt and sand.
(Nb) Rare in marshes.
Rare in marshes, litter at margins of ponds..
(Nb) Scarce. Shaded wetland/carr..
Mainly coastal, a recent colonist inland, on bare margins of standing water.
Local on open barish ground in pits and quarries.
Rare in marshes, wet woodland.
Local on damp bare ground near water.
Local on open dry, often cultivated land, including arable land.
Local
Local in marshland.
Local in wetlands, margins of rivers and large ponds, lakes, also in waterlogged pasture and arable land.
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Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
SUB VCH 1907- Notes
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
2005
Bembidion lunatum (Duftschmid, 1812)
*? (Nb) ? [On banks of rivers and streams].
Bembidion lunulatum (Fourcroy, 1785)
Rom
++ Rare in wetlands.
Bembidion mannerheimi Sahlberg, 1827
+ Local in woodlands especially in damp litter and in bogs, and river margins.
Ocys (Bembidion) harpaloides Serville, 1821
+ Widespread in woods on trees, under bark and in suspended debris including old nests.
Ocys (Bembidion) quinquestriatum Gyllenhal, 1810
+ Rare? On old walls especially under ivy (Hedera helix). Kingston 1980 (DAP),, Horley 2001 (RDH).
Tachys bistriatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
+
+ (Nb) Rare on open ground at margins of water. Windsor Great Park (PMH),
Elaphropus (=Tachys) parvulus (Dejean, 1831)
+ (Nb) Rare ? Increasing? Open ground including gardens,
Stomis pumicatus (Panzer, 1795)
+ Local in grasslands, gardens [on rich soils?].
(Nb) Rare on recently burnt areas on heath/pinewoods.
Pterostichus angustatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Pterostichus anthracinus (Panzer, 1795)
++ (Nb) Rare, in carr woodland.
Pterostichus cupreus (Linneaus, 1758)
Rom
++ Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas.
Pterostichus diligens (Sturm, 1824)
++ Local. Most frequent in wet heath/boggy areas, and other wetlands.
(Nb) Extinct? [Marsh and carr] r
Pterostichus gracilis (Dejean, 1828)
Rom
*
(RDB1) Extinct? Last recorded at in 1913. [Heathland]
Pterostichus kugelanni (Panzer, 1797)
(Nb) Rare pre 1935 recs
Pterostichus lepidus (Leske, 1785)
*
(Nb) 1970s
Pterostichus longicollis (Duftschmid, 1812)
*
Pterostichus macer (Marsham, 1802)
+ Rare, though partly subterranean.
Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775) The
++ Ubiquitous in open habitats including gardens, one of the commonest beetles in
Black-clock
Sax
Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798)
++ Local in a wide variety of damp habitats from woodland, marshes, bogs etc.
Pterostichus minor (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Rom
++ Local in marsh and carr.
Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783)
Rom
++ Widespread in parkland and other partly wooded habitats.
Pterostichus nigrita (Paykull, 1790)
++ Local in marsh and wet woodlands.
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (fabricius, 1787)
ESax
++ (Nb)
Pterostichus rhaeticus Heer, 1837
++ Local in wetlands especially carr woodland and wooded heaths.
Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer, 1796)
++ Local in woods and shaded places.
Pterostichus vernalis (Panzer, 1795)
++ Local in open habitats on heaths and in marshes.
Pterostichus versicolor (Sturm, 1824)
++ Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas.
Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher 1783) Rom
++ Widespread and common especially in wooded areas, under logs etc.
Calathus ambiguus (Paykull, 1790)
++ (Nb) Rare in open dry sandy and chalky soils. Frilford etc
Calathus cinctus Motschulsky, 1850
++ Rare in open sandy places
Calathus erratus (Sahlberg, 1827)
++ Local on dry sandy ground especially on heaths.
Calathus fuscipes (Goeze, 1777)
Rom
++ Widespread and common in open areas including farmland and gardens.
Calathus melanocephalus s. str. (Linneaus, 1758)
Rom
++ Widespread in dry areas including ruderal sites.
Calathus rotundicollis Dejean, 1828
++ Widespread especially in wooded areas, under logs etc. Also occurs in gardens.
=piceus (Marsham, 1802)
Sphodrus leucophthalmus (Linneaus, 1758)
*
Extinct? [Synanthropic in stables, cellars etc. declining].
Laemostenus terricola (Herbst, 1784)
++ Local. Most records come from near rabbit warrens, also occurs under bark.
Platyderus ruficollis (Marsham, 1802)
++ (Nb) Local in gardens and waste ground.
R/ESax
Synuchus vivalis (Illiger, 1798) = nivalis (Panzer,
++ Local in open dry areas including disturbed sites.
1797)
Rom
Olisthopus rotundatus (Paykull, 1790)
++ Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas.
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Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Sericoda (=Agonum) quadripunctata (Degeer,
1774)
Anchomenus (=Agonum) dorsale (Pontoppidan,
1763)
Paranchus (=Agonum) albipes (Fabricius, 1796)
Oxypselaphus (Agonum) obscurum (Herbst, 1784)
Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809)
Agonum gracile Sturm, 1824
Agonum livens (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Agonum marginatum (Linneaus, 1758)
Agonum micans Nicolai, 1822
Agonum moestum (Duftschmid, 1812)
Agonum muelleri (Herbst, 1784)
Agonum nigrum Dejean, 1828
Agonum piceum (Linneaus, 1758)
Agonum scitulum Dejean, 1828
Agonum sexpunctatum (Linneaus, 1758)
Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828
Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824
Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796)
Platynus (=Agonum) assimile (Paykull, 1790)
Perigona nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Amara aenea (Degeer, 1774)
Amara anthobia Villa, 1833
Amara apricaria (Paykull, 1790)
Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Amara communis (Panzer, 1797)
Amara consularis (Duftschmid, 1812)
Amara convexior Stephens, 1828
Amara curta Dejean, 1828
Amara equestris (Duftschmid, 1812)
Amara eurynota (Panzer, 1796)
Amara famelica Zimmerman, 1832
Amara familiaris (Duftschmid, 1812)
Amara fulva (Müller, 1776)
Amara lucida (Duftschmid, 1812)
Amara lunicollis Schiødte, 1837
Amara montivaga Sturm, 1825
Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792)
Amara plebeja (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Amara praetermissa (Sahlberg, 1827)
Amara similata (Gyllenhal, 1810)
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
++ (RDB1) ? Established immigrant . Heaths, and woods on sand or peat. Windsor Forest 1980 (JAO)
Rom
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Widespread in grassland, woods etc.
Rom
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*
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*
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Widespread in wetlands, especially carr areas and woodland pools.
Local in damp litter in wet woodland and marsh.
Local in marshland in litter and tussocks.
Rare in marshes and richer bogs.
(Nb) Rare by flowing water, in carr and on river banks
Local at margins of standing water in bare areas under stones etc.
Rare [Wetlands].
Local in marshy areas.
Local in dry areas including cultivated land.
(Nb) Rare in marshes.
? [In marshes].
(Na) Rare in marshes.
(Na) Local, on open wet heathland also in open woodland rides ( Common).
Local in marshes and boggy areas especially on heathy commons.
(Nb) Rare in marshy wetlands.
Rare in marshy areas.
Widespread in woods etc. under bark in moss.
Recent immigrant. Increasing in compost/manure heaps. Southcote 2003 (JSD)
Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas.
Local on open dry soils.
Local in disturbed areas including ruderal sites and gardens. Also can be abundant at light.
Local in open dry sites.
Rare on and commons.
(Nb) Rare on heathland, [downland]
Local on gravelly sites, & downland.
(Nb) Rare in open sandy places.
(Nb) Rare on heaths and downland. Tubney 1899 Hardwick VCH
Local in open disturbed areas with ruderal vegetation.
(RDB3) Rare open heathy places.
Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas
(Nb) Rare on disturbed sandy ground including cultivated sites. Cothill 1986 (PW)
(Nb) dry grassland, on chalk sand and gravel]. Wytham Wood 1951 (WS)
Local in open areas including heathland and gardens.
Local in dry areas often in disturbed ruderal sites.
Widespread in open disturbed areas.
Local in damp clayey areas.
(Nb) Local primarily on heathland, but also on downland.
Widespread in dry open areas with crucifers.
Rom
Rom
Rom
ESax
LRom
LRom
*
++
*
++
++
?
++
++
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Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
SUB
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Amara tibialis (Paykull, 1798)
LRom
Curtonotus (=Amara) aulica (Panzer, 1796)
LRom
Curtonotus (=Amara) convexiuscula (Marsham,
1802)
Zabrus tenebrioides (Goeze, 1777)
Harpalus rufipes (Degeer, 1774)
Rom
Harpalus affinis (Schrank, 1781)
Rom
Harpalus anxius (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus attenuatus Stephens, 1828
Harpalus dimidiatus (Rossi, 1790)
Harpalus honestus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus latus (Linneaus, 1758)
Harpalus rubripes (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus rufitarsis (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus servus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus smaragdinus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Harpalus tardus (Panzer, 1796)
Harpalus tenebrosus Dejean, 1829
Harpalus vernalis (Duftschmid, 1812)
Ophonus (=Harpalus) ardosiacus Lutschnik, 1922
Ophonus (=Harpalus) azureus (Fabricius, 1775)
Rom
Ophonus (=Harpalus) melleti Heer, 1837
Ophonus (=Harpalus) punctatulus (Duftschmid,
1812)
Ophonus (=Harpalus) puncticeps (Stephens, 1828)
Ophonus (=Harpalus) puncticollis (Paykull, 1798)
Rom
Ophonus (=Harpalus) rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1792)
Ophonus (=Harpalus) rupicola Sturm, 1818
???
Ophonus (=Harpalus) schaubergerianus Puel,
1937
Anisodactylus binotatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Anisodactylus nemorivagus (Duftschmid 1812)
Scybalicus oblongiusculus (Dejean, 1829)
Trichocellus placidus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Bradycellus distinctus (Dejean, 1829)
Bradycellus harpalinus (Serville, 1821)
Bradycellus ruficollis (Stephens, 1828)
Bradycellus sharpi Joy, 1912
Bradycellus verbasci (Duftschmid, 1812)
Stenolophus mixtus (Herbst, 1784)
Stenolophus teutonus (Schrank, 1781)
VCH 19072005
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+
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Notes
Widespread in open habitats including ruderal areas.
Widespread especially in disturbed areas with abundant composites.
Local on open disturbed dry sites especially ruderal sites. Also comes to light.
(Na) Open ground on light soils, esp. field margins. Phytophagous.
Widespread and common, frequent at MV light traps.
Widespread and common.
Rare? Tubney 1986 (PW)
Primarily coastal. Tubney 1907 (HSD)
(Nb) Rare on chalk downland. Hardwick VCH
(RDB1) Streatley Downs 1905
Widespread on open ground of many kinds.
Local on dry open soils especially on sandy heaths.
Local though abundant on some sandy heaths.
(Nb) Rare on disturbed sandy soils. .
Local on dry sand and gravely soils, frequent on heathland.
(Na) [Coastal cliffs on dry grassland].
*
++
+
+
+
(Nb) Local, increasing? Grassland, ruderal sites, gardens etc, frequent at MV light traps.
(Nb) Rare on open chalk downland.
++? (Na) Rare on dry sandy and chalk grasslands.. Little Wittenham NR 1985 (M.Hirst)
(Na) [Open chalky and sandy sites]
++
+
+
Local in open dry sites, including ruderal areas, also frequent at MV light traps.
(RDB3) [Calcareous grassland].
Local in a variety of habitats especially on sandy soils.
(Nb) Calcareous grassland]. ,
++
(Nb) Rare in open dry places.
+
*
+
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*
+
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++
Rare in marshy areas
(Na) Rare on dry sandy heathland.
Import?
Rare? In marshy areas.
(Na)
Local on sandy soils especially on heathland often under heather.
Rare on sandy soils especially on heathland. Shotover 1990 (PW)
Local in damp shady places.
Local on sandy soils. Also frequent at light traps.
Local in wetlands, pond margins in litter and under stones.
(Nb) Rare in wetlands, pond margins, also in old gravel pits. Heron’s Nest 2003 (JSD)
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Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Acupalpus brunnipes (Sturm, 1825)
Acupalpus consputus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Acupalpus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787)
Acupalpus dubius Schilsky, 1888
Acupalpus exiguus Dejean, 1829
Acupalpus flavicollis (Sturm, 1825)
Acupalpus meridianus (Linneaus, 1761)
Licinus depressus (Paykull, 1790)
Licinus punctatulus (Fabricius, 1792)
Badister bullatus (Schrank, 1798)
Badister dilatatus Chaudoir, 1837
Badister peltatus (Panzer, 1797)
Badister sodalis (Duftschmid, 1812)
Badister unipustulatus Bonelli, 1813
Panagaeus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chlaenius nigricornis (Fabricius, 1787)
Chlaenius vestitus (Paykull, 1790)
Callistus lunatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Oodes helopioides (Fabricius, 1792)
Odacantha melanura (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lebia chlorocephala (Hoffmannsegg, 1803)
Lebia cruxminor (Linneaus, 1758)
Lebia cyanocephala (Linneaus, 1758)
Demetrias atricapillus (Linneaus, 1758)
Demetrias imperialis (Germar, 1824)
Dromius agilis (Fabricius, 1787)
Dromius angustus Brullé, 1834
Dromius linearis (Olivier, 1795)
Dromius melanocephalus Dejean, 1825
Dromius meridionalis Dejean, 1825
Dromius notatus Stephens, 1827
Dromius quadrimaculatus (Linneaus, 1758)
Dromius quadrinotatus (Zenker, 1800)
Dromius quadrisignatus Dejean, 1825
Microlestes maurus (Sturm, 1827)
Microlestes minutulus (Goeze, 1777) *
Metabletus foveatus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Metabletus obscuroguttatus (Duftschmid, 1812)
Metabletus truncatellus (Linneaus, 1761)
Polistichus connexus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Brachinus crepitans (Linneaus, 1758)
SUB
VCH 19072005
*
Rom
>
+
++
Br/Sax
>
*
++
+
*
Rom
++
?
*
++
*
++
*
++
++
*
++
E.Ho
++
*
*
*
++
++
++
+
LRom
+
++
+
*
LBr
++
++
*
LRom
++
++
LRom
++
++
++
++
LRom
*
Notes
(Na) [Marsh, saltmarsh].
(Nb) Rare in marshy areas, also comes to light.
Local in boggy wetlands.
Local in marsh and wet heath areas.
(Nb) Rare in marshes.
(Na) Rare in boggy areas. , .
Rare? [Open areas on clay and sand including cultivated ground].
(Nb) Rare on open chalk downland. Dry Sandford 1976 (PW)
(Na) ? Extinct [open chalky areas]. ,
Widespread and common including waste ground and large gardens.
(Nb) Rare in wetlands. Dinton ? 1997
(Na) [In marshes].
V.local in wet woodland, and marshy areas. Pingewood 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) Rare in [Marsh, carr and fen].
(Nb) Rare in open dry places in grasslands including ruderal sites.
(RDB2) Tubney area
(Nb) Rare wetlands, pond margins.
Local at margins of water in old pits under stones etc. avoiding well vegetated ground.
(RDB1) Extinct,
(Nb) Rare in wetlands. Dinton Pastures 1997 ((DIBH)
(Nb) Subfossil only [wetlands] Early E.Holocene (Robinson, 1993)
(Nb) Rare. Grassland with Hypericum. Berrys lane 2003 (JSD)
(RDB1)
(RDB1) Rare. Formerly on chalk downland.
Widespread amongst litter in rough grassy areas.
(Nb) Very local in wetlands amongst tall emergent vegetation.
Widespread on trees, including conifers. Sulhamstead 2003 (JSD)
Rare on pines. First recorded at in 1908 .
Widespread in grass tussocks etc.
Widespread and common on the ground or in tussocks.
Local. Arboreal on hardwoods and conifers.
? [Sparsely vegetated dry areas].
Widespread on deciduous trees and pine esp. on dead and moribund boughs and branches, often under bark.
Widespread on deciduous trees esp. on dead and moribund boughs and branches, often under bark.
(RDB1) ? On deciduous trees.
Local on the ground in dry open areas, including open downland.
Rare. Recent immigrant
Widespread in open dry areas on heaths and disturbed sandy areas.
Local in damp areas. Calcott 2003 (JSD)
Local in open sparsely vegetated areas.
(RDB2) Migrant? Margins of ponds, attracted to light traps.
(Nb) Rare on chalky soils, no post 1980 records, possibly extinct?
9
Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
247 species + 1 sub-fossil
Bombardier Beetle
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
Haliplidae (Crawling Water Beetles)
16 species
Brychius elevatus (Panzer, 1793)
Peltodytes caesus (Duftschmid, 1805)
Haliplus confinis Stephens, 1828
Haliplus flavicollis Sturm, 1834
Haliplus fluviatilis Aubé, 1836
Haliplus fulvus (Fabricius, 1801)
Haliplus heydeni Wehncke, 1875
Haliplus immaculatus Gerhardt, 1877
Haliplus laminatus (Schaller, 1783)
Haliplus lineatocollis (Marsham, 1802)
Haliplus lineolatus Mannerheim, 1844
Haliplus obliquus (Fabricius, 1787)
Haliplus ruficollis (Degeer, 1774)
Haliplus sibiricus Motschulsky,1860
= wehnckei Gerhardt, 1877
SUB
VCH 19072005
+
++
++
++
++
++
*
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
Hygrobiidae
1 species
Hygrobia hermanni (Fabricius, 1775) Screech
Beetle
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
++ Widespread but local in ponds especially with silty substrates. > 20 post 1980 records.
Noteridae
2 species
Noterus clavicornis (Degeer, 1774)
Noterus crassicornis (Müller, 1776)
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
++ Widespread and common in ponds, canals, and lakes. > 30 post 1980 records.
(Nb) Extinct?
*
Dytiscidae (Diving Beetles)
81 species + 1 sub-fossil
Laccophilus hyalinus (Degeer, 1774)
Laccophilus minutus (Linneaus, 1758)
Hyphydrus ovatus (Linneaus, 1761)
Hydroglyphus pusillus (Fabricius, 1781)
Hygrotus confluens (Fabricius, 1787)
Hygrotus decoratus (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Hygrotus inaequalis (Fabricius, 1777)
Hygrotus impressopunctatus (Schaller,1783)
Hygrotus nigrolineatus (von Steven, 1808)
Hygrotus versicolor (Schaller, 1783)
SUB
VCH 19072005
++
++
++
++
++
>
++
++
++
++
Notes
Very Local in flowing water especially in submerged gravel and near weirs.
(Nb) Local but increasing? Weedy ponds, Green Park 2001 (JSD)
Local in ponds, lakes and canals with Charophytes
Very Local in large ponds, canals.
Widespread in ponds, lakes, canals etc.
Very Local in large ponds,
(Nb) Very Local in small detritus ponds.
Widespread in weedy ponds.
(Nb) Weedy streams and ponds. Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
Widespread in streams, ditches and weedy ponds.
Local in canals, ponds, flooded gravel pits.
Local, but can be a rapid coloniser of new ponds with Chara
Widpespread in detritus ponds.
Local in standing water.
Notes
Local, in slow flowing water
Widespread and common in ponds, canals, and lakes.
Widespread and common in ponds, canals, and lakes.
(Nb) Widespread, a rapid coloniser of new ponds with silty substrates.
Widespread a rapid coloniser of new ponds with silty substrates.
(Nb) Rare in well vegetated marshy wetland and pond margins.
Widespread and common in ponds, canals, and lakes.
Widespread in ponds, especially on heathland.
(Na) Recent immigrant increasing in new ponds. Green Park 2002 (JSD)
(Nb) Local
Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
10
Dytiscidae (Diving Beetles)
SUB VCH 1907- Notes
81 species + 1 sub-fossil
2005
Hydroporus angustatus Sturm, 1835
++ Widespread, and common in ponds, canals, and lakes, avoiding acidic heath ponds.
Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire, 1859
++ Very Local in spring fed puddles and pools.
Hydroporus erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
++ Widespread and common in ponds and lakes, especially in acidic heath ponds.
Hydroporus ferrugineus Stephens, 1829
+ (Nb) Rare. Confined to small boggy springhead areas on the slopes of Leith Hill.
Hydroporus gyllenhali Schiødte, 1841
++ Widespread and common in ponds and lakes, especially in acidic heath ponds.
Hydroporus incognitus Sharp, 1869
++ Local in shaded pools and marshy pools beside streams.
Hydroporus longulus Mulsant, 1860
++ (Nb) Rare in spring fed streams. Snelsmore Common 2003 (JSD).
+
Hydroporus marginatus (Duftschmid, 1805)
Hydroporus melanarius Sturm, 1835
++ Local in small pools on heathland.
Hydroporus memnonius Nicolai, 1822
++ Widespread in woodland pools in flooded leaf litter.
Hydroporus neglectus Schaum, 1845
++ (Nb) Very Local in shaded acid pools. 6 post 1980 records.
Hydroporus nigrita (Fabricius, 1792)
++ Local in a variety of small water bodies including small seasonal pools.
Hydroporus obscurus Sturm, 1835
+ Rare in flooded Sphagnum on heaths and in bogs.
Hydroporus palustris (Linnaeus, 1761)
++ Widespread in detritus ponds and marshy areas by lakes and flowing water.
Hydroporus planus (Fabricius, 1781)
++ Widespread rapid coloniser of new and recently cleared ponds also in water troughs.
Hydroporus pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1808)
++ Widespread in acid standing water.
(RDB2) Extinct? [Old ponds and wetlands, oxbows etc.]. .
Hydroporus rufifrons (Müller, 1776)
Hydroporus striola (Gyllenhal, 1827)
++ Local in standing water.
Hydroporus tessellatus Drapiez, 1819
++ Widespread. Rapid coloniser of new and recently cleared ponds also in water troughs, isolated puddles.
Hydroporus tristis (Paykull, 1798)
++ Local in small pools especially Sphagnum pools on heathland.
Hydroporus umbrosus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
+ Local in small pools especially Sphagnum pools on heathland.
Suphrodytes dorsalis (Fabricius, 1784)
++ Local in shaded detritus ponds.
Deronectes latus (Stephens, 1829)
*
(Nb) Extinct.
Stictonectes lepidus (Olivier, 1795)
*
(RDB2) Extinct? .
Graptodytes flavipes (Olivier, 1795)
*
Graptodytes granularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
++ (Nb) Rare. Richly weeded ponds. Hutchins Copse 1998 (JSD).
Graptodytes pictus (Fabricius, 1787)
*
Rare. No modern records. [Ponds and ditches] last record
Porhydrus lineatus (Fabricius, 1775)
*
Rare. No modern records. [Ponds, ditches etc.].
Nebrioporus assimilis (Paykull, 1798)
*
Extinct. [Ponds, lakes and drains]
Nebrioporus depressus (Fabricius,1775) ssp.
++ Local in rivers and permanent streams. Also occasionally in deep ponds in pits etc.
elegans (Panzer, 1794)
Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
++ ILocal in rivers and streams especially in bare sections under submerged ledges etc.
Oreodytes sanmarki (Sahlberg, 1826)
++ Rare. Gravelly streams in root tangles, shade tolerant.
Copelatus haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787)
++ Local. In weedy detritus ponds and bog pools.
Scarodytes halensis (Fabricius, 1787)
+
Platambus maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
++ Local in flowing water, streams, and rivers. Tolerant of shade.
Agabus affinis (Paykull, 1798)
++ Very Local in acid ponds, typically in flooded Sphagnum.
Agabus bipustulatus (Linaneus, 1767)
Ro/ESa
++ Ubiquitous in stagnant water including horse troughs etc., a strong flyer.
x
Agabus congener (Thunberg, 1794)
*
Sunningdale
Agabus didymus (Olivier, 1795)
++ Local in flowing water amongst marginal vegetation.
Agabus guttatus (Paykull, 1798)
++ Local in spring fed streams and well-heads, also outfalls of man-made drains.
11
Dytiscidae (Diving Beetles)
81 species + 1 sub-fossil
Agabus labiatus (Brahm, 1790)
Agabus melanarius Aubé, 1837
Agabus nebulosus (Forster, 1771)
Agabus paludosus (Fabricius, 1801)
Agabus sturmii (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Agabus uliginosus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Agabus unguicularis (Thomson, 1867)
Ilybius aenescens Thomson, 1870
Ilybius ater (Degeer, 1774) The Mud-dweller
Ilybius chalconatus (Panzer, 1796)
Ilybius fenestratus (Fabricius, 1781)
Ilybius fuliginosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Ilybius guttiger (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Ilybius montanus Zimmermann, 1915
Ilybius quadriguttatus (Lacordaire, 1835)
Rhantus exsoletus (Forster, 1771)
Rhantus grapii (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Rhantus suturalis (MacLeay, 1825)
Rhantus suturellus (Harris, 1828)
Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hydaticus seminiger (Degeer, 1774)
Acilius sulcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dytiscus circumcinctus Ahrens, 1811
Dytiscus circumflexus Fabricius, 1801
Dytiscus marginalis Linnaeus, 1758
Great Diving Beetle
Dytiscus semisulcatus Müller, 1776
Gyrinidae (Whirlygigs)
6 species
Gyrinus aeratus Stephens, 1832
Gyrinus marinus Gyllenhal, 1808
Gyrinus substriatus Stephens, 1828
SUB
Rom
ESax
Hydraenidae
16 species + 3 sub-fossils
Ochthebius aeneus Stephens, 1835
++
++
*
+
++
++
++
++
+
++
++
++
+
++
+
++
++
++
*
++
++
+
SUB
Rom
Gyrinus suffriani Scriba, 1855
Gyrinus urinator Illiger, 1807 The Artist
Orectochilus villosus (Müller, 1776) Hairy
whirlygig
VCH 19072005
+
++
++
++
LBrA
SUB
Notes
(Nb) Rare. In shallow heath pools.
(Nb) Rare. Seepages in woodlands, amongst flooded Sphagnum and leaf litter. Snelsmore Common 2003 (JSD)
Widespread. In silt ponds esecially. New or recently cleared sites, a strong flier also frequent in troughs etc.
Local, in weedy margins of flowing water, also around small seepages and springheads in flooded litter and
moss.
Widespread in detritus ponds.
(Nb) Rare in shallow fens Hutchin’s Copse 1998 (JSD)
Rare in mesotrophic pools.
(Nb) Rare. In acid ponds typically in flooded Sphagnum.
Widespread in all kinds of standing waters. Also comes to light.
Local. In ponds and rut pools in wooded areas,
(Nb) Very Local. In large ponds, lakes especially in heathland areas.
Widespread in ponds and weedy margins of flowing water. Also comes to light.
(Nb) Very Local. In pools on heathland.
Local in acid ponds especially on heathland.
Local in detritus ponds.
Local in detritus ponds and marshy areas
(Nb) Local in richly vegetated (usually old) ponds and in Sphagnum in richer bog pools.
(Nb) Widespread good coloniser of new and recently cleared silt pools.
Local. In peat pools on heathland.
Frequent species of ponds of all kinds.
(Nb) Local, but increasing. In mossy margins of pools especially on heaths. Tolerant of shading.
Local in a wide variety of still waters, but intolerant of fish stocking.
(Nb) Rare. Burton (EJP)
(Nb) Scarce, increasing? In ponds with open silty substrates. Green Park, Pingewood 2001 (JSD)
Ubiquitous in standing water of all kinds, especially where amphibians are breeding, as larvae specialise in
tadpoles.
Local, most records from stagnant water in heath ponds and peat pools.
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(Nb) ? Canals and slow flowing river margins.
++ Local, on open water especially on large water bodies such as lakes and canal margins.
++ Widespread and often abundant on ponds, canals, ditches and lakes.
++
Cothill (DB)
++ (Nb) Local. Virginia Water 1985 (RBA).
++ Local, on streams often in deep shade. Largely nocturnal and easily overlooked.
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(RDB1) Extinct in UK? Formerly found on heath pools in Surrey, last seen in UK in 1913.
12
Ochthebius bicolon Germar, 1824
Ochthebius dilatatus Stephens, 1829
Ochthebius minimus (Fabricius, 1792)
Ochthebius pusillus Stephens, 1835
Ochthebius viridis Peyron, 1858
Enicocerus exsculptus (Germar, 1824)
Hydraena britteni Joy, 1907
Hydraena flavipes Sturm, 1836
Hydraena gracilis Germar, 1824
Hydraena minutissima Stephens
Hydraena nigrita Germar, 1824
Hydraena pulchella Germar, 1824
Hydraena riparia Kugelann, 1794
Hydraena rufipes Curtis, 1830
Hydraena testacea Curtis, 1830
Limnebius aluta Bedel, 1881
Limnebius nitidus (Marsham, 1802)
Limnebius papposus Mulsant, 1844
ESax
++
+
(Nb) Very Local at margins of streams and trickles.
Very Local in muddy trickles and pond margins.
Frequent at margins of ponds in litter, and moss.
(RDB3) Rare in silty margins of newly cleared ponds.
(Nb) [Coastal pools]
(Nb) Extinct?
Rare. I
(Nb) Extinct?
Rare in gravel in streams.
( ) Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
(Nb) Local in flowing water especially near springheads and in small streams.
(RDB3) Extinct? Late Bronze Age Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
Frequent in ponds and wetlands.
(Nb) Rare in
(Nb) Local in flooded leaf litter in woodland pools and puddles.
(RDB3) [Fens]
(Nb) Mud and litter at margins of streams and ponds. Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
(Nb) In flooded fen and marsh litter
++
Widespread at margins of ponds and streams.
++
++
++
+
+
+
lBrA
+
LBr
LBr
LBrA
LR/ESa
x
Limnebius truncatellus (Thunberg, 1794)
++
+
++
Helophoridae
18 species
Helophorus aequalis Thomson, 1868
Helophorus arvernicus Mulsant, 1846
Helophorus brevipalpis Bedel, 1881
Helophorus dorsalis (Marsham, 1802)
Helophorus flavipes (Fabricius, 1792)
Helophorus grandis Illiger, 1798
Helophorus granularis (Linnaeus1761)
Helophorus griseus Herbst, 1793
Helophorus laticollis Thomson, 1853
Helophorus longitarsis Wollaston, 1864
Helophorus minutus Fabricius, 1775
Helophorus nanus Sturm, 1836
Helophorus nubilus Fabricius, 1777
Helophorus obscurus Mulsant, 1844
SUB
VCH 19072005
Rom
++
+
R/ESax
++
+
+
R/ESax
++
+
++
Helophorus porculus Bedel 1881
Helophorus rufipes (Bosc d'Antic, 1791)
Helophorus strigifrons Thomson, 1868
LRom
LRom
R/ESax
Rom
++
++
+
++
++
++
+
Notes
Common in ponds, pools and puddles. A strong flier and rapid coloniser of new and ephemeral pools.
(Nb) Rare. In mud and silt at margins of rivers.
Common in ponds and pools. Strong flier often landing on cars remote from water.
(Nb) Rare in muddy woodland ponds and rut pools.
Local. Frequent in acid pools and peat pools on heathland.
Common in ponds, pools and puddles. A strong flier.
(Nb) Rare, but under-recorded as winter active in shallow pools in woods, and commons.
(Nb) Very Local in new ponds with little vegetation.
(RDB2) Extinct? Formerly in shallow heath pools around .
(RDB3) Rare in new ponds with little vegetation. Also at light. Green Park 2002 (JSD)
Common in ponds, pools and puddles. A strong flier.
(Nb) Rare in marshy pools [and fen areas]
Open, often cultivated ground, at roots of plants]. Corallian sands Tubney etc
Widespread in pools and ponds, especially common in small leaf-filled puddles in woodland, avoiding very acid
water.
Extinct? M
? [On dry ground at roots of plants]
(Nb) Rare in marshy pools.
13
Sphercheidae
Sphercheus emarginatus (Schaller, 1783)
Georissidae (Mud-coater Beetles)
1 species
Georissus crenulatus (Rossi, 1794)
SUB
LBrA
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(Nb) On exposed sandy river banks. Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
Hydrochidae
2 species
Hydrochus angustatus Germar, 1824
Hydrochus elongatus (Schaller, 1783)
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
+ (Nb) Local in weedy detritus ponds especially on heaths.
+ (RDB3) Rare in weedy detritus ponds.
Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
58 species
Berosus affinis Brullé, 1835
Berosus luridus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Berosus signaticollis (Charpentier, 1825)
Chaetarthria seminulum (Herbst, 1797)
Paracymus scutellaris (Rosenhauer, 1856)
Anacaena bipustulata (Marsham, 1802)
Anacaena globulus (Paykull, 1798)
Anacaena limbata s. str. (Fabricius, 1792)
Anacaena lutescens (Stephens, 1829)
Laccobius atratus (Rottenberg, 1874)
Laccobius biguttatus Gerhardt, 1877
Laccobius bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Laccobius minutus (Linnaeus,1758)
Laccobius sinuatus Motschulsky, 1849
Laccobius striatulus (Fabricius, 1801)
Laccobius ytenensis Sharp 1910
Helochares lividus (Forster, 1771)
Helochares punctatus Sharp, 1869
SUB
VCH 19072005
++
+
+
+
+
++
++
++
++
+
>
++
++
++
++
+
++
++
Enochrus affinis (Thunberg, 1794)
Enochrus coarctatus (Gredler, 1863)
Enochrus nigritus Sharp, 1872 = isotae Hebauer,
1981
Enochrus melanocephalus (Olivier, 1792)
Enochrus ochropterus (Marsham, 1802)
Enochrus testaceus (Fabricius, 1801)
Cymbiodyta marginellus (Fabricius, 1792)
Hydrobius fuscipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coelostoma orbiculare (Fabricius, 1775)
R/ESax
LBr
Notes
+
++
+
(Nb) Local, increasing in new ponds with little vegetation, especially in sand, gravel and clay pits.
(Nb) Rare in marshy pools especially on heathland.
(Nb) Local increasing in weedy ponds especially on heaths.
(Nb) Local in mud and moss in richer bogs and fen areas.
(Nb) Seepage fed pools on heathland.
(Nb) Local in mud and litter at margins of ponds, lakes, and canals.
Common in ponds and pools, larvae in leaf litter especially in woods.
Widespread in ponds and pools.
Common in standing acid waters.
(Nb) Very Local in flowing water in bogs and seepages.
Rare in ponds.
Frequent in a variety of ponds and weedy flowing water.
Local and scarce in Surrey.
(Nb) Local in new ponds etc.
Local in silt at margins of ponds and flowing water.
(Nb) Very Local in flowing water in bogs and seepages.
Widespread and increasing in new ponds with little vegetation.
(Nb) Local in heath pools, occasionally in mossy margins of richer ponds on the clays. Padworth Common 2004
(JSD)
(Nb) Local in Sphagnum and other mossy litter in acid pools on heaths.
Local in weedy margins of detritus rich ponds.
(RDB3) Rare in weedy mesotrophic and base rich-fen areas and weedy ponds.
++
+
++
++
++
++
(Nb) Very Local but increasingly frequent in new silty ponds.
(Nb) Very Local in weedy mesotrophic areas of bogs and marshy ponds avoiding very acidic conditions.
Local in detritus ponds.
Local in detritus ponds and marshy lake margins.
Common in all kinds of standing waters and weedy river margins. Also frequent at light.
Local in detritus at margins of ponds and canals.
14
Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
58 species
Sphaeridium bipustulatum Fabricius, 1781
Sphaeridium lunatum Fabricius, 1792
Sphaeridium marginatum Fabricius, 1787
Sphaeridium scarabaeoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cercyon analis (Paykull, 1798)
Cercyon atomarius (Fabricius, 1775)
Cercyon atricapillus (Marsham, 1802)
Cercyon bifenestratus Küster, 1851
Cercyon convexiusculus Stephens, 1829
Cercyon granarius Erichson, 1837
Cercyon haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)
Cercyon laminatus Sharp, 1873
Cercyon lateralis (Marsham, 1802)
Cercyon lugubris (Olivier, 1790)
Cercyon marinus Thomson, 1853
Cercyon melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cercyon pygmaeus (Illiger, 1801)
Cercyon quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)
Cercyon sternalis Sharp, 1918
Cercyon terminatus (Marsham, 1802)
Cercyon tristis (Illiger, 1801)
Cercyon unipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cercyon ustulatus (Preyssler, 1790)
Megasternum obscurum (Marsham, 1802)
Cryptopleurum crenatum (Kugelann, 1794)
Crytopleurum minutum (Fabricius, 1775)
Cryptopleurum subtile Sharp, 1884
Histeridae (Hister Beetles)
35 species + 1 sub-fossil
Teretrius fabricii Mazur, 1972
Plegaderus dissectus Erichson, 1839
Plegaderus vulneratus (Panzer, 1796)
Abraeus globosus (Hoffmann, 1803)
Abraeus granulum Erichson, 1839
Aeletes atomarius (Aubé, 1842)
Acritus homoeopathicus Wollaston, 1857
Acritus nigricornis (Hoffmann, 1803)
Gnathoncus buyssoni Auzat, 1917
Gnathoncus nannetensis (Marseul, 1862)
Gnathoncus nanus (Scriba, 1790)
SUB
LRom
LBrA
LBrA
LRom
LBrA
LBrA
R/Sax
Rom
SUB
Rom
LRom
VCH 19072005
++
++
++
++
++
++
+
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
+
++
++
++
++
+
+
+
VCH 19072005
*
++
>
++
++
++
+
+
>
+
>
Notes
Local in herbivore dung especially that of cattle.
Local in herbivore dung especially that of cattle.
Local in herbivore dung especially that of cattle.
Local in herbivore dung especially that of cattle.
Widespread in dung, compost heaps, and other rotting vegetation.
Widespread in herbivore dung.
(Nb) Rare? In dung.
(Na) Rare on bare margisn of open water . Green Park 2002 (JSD0 Holybrook on shingle bar 2004 (JSD)
Local in detritus at margins of all kinds of water bodies.
(RDB3) Rare In tussocks on Thames floodplain.
Widespread in dung.
Naturalised, probably widespread in compost heaps etc., comes readily to light. Kennet Floodplin Southcote
2003 (JSD)
Widespread in dung, and carrion.
Widespread in dung, and carrion.
Local in wet litter, dung, carrion etc. often near water.
Widespread in herbivore dung.
Widespread in herbivore dung.
Widespread in dung.
(Nb) Very Local in marsh litter at margins of ponds. Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
(Nb) Rare? In dung and compost heaps.
(Nb) Local in marsh litter around ponds avoiding acid heath pools.
Widespread in herbivore dung especially cow, and occasionally in carrion.
(Nb) Local in detritus at margins of standing water. Also in sewage filter beds.
Widespread and common in all kinds of decaying vegetation, dung, and fungi.
(N) Rare [in dung, and other decaying organic matter].
Widespread in dung and compost.
Rare in dung and rotting fungi.
Notes
(RDB1) ? [Predatory on Lyctus in hardwood especially oak including fresh oak palings]. (ECB).
(Nb) Local under bark especially beech.
Naturalised. Rare, under pine bark.
Local under bark and fungoid wood especially beech.
(Na) Rare in ancient wood/parkland on rotting hardwoods. .
(RDB3) Rare. In frass of wood borings of [Lucanids] and longhorns.
(RDB3) Rare on burnt ground on the fungus Pyronema confluen
Local in rotting vegetation, haystacks etc.
(Na) Rare in hollow trees and old bird nests in woodland.
Rare in hollow trees and old bird nests in woodland. , .
Rare in bird’s nests especially pigeon, granaries [also in carrion].
15
Histeridae (Hister Beetles)
SUB VCH 1907- Notes
35 species + 1 sub-fossil
2005
Gnathoncus schmidti Reitter, 1894
> Rare in bird’s nests.
Saprinus aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)
+ Widespread in dung and carrion.
Saprinus semistriatus (Scriba, 1790)
++ Local on dung and carrion.
(RDBK) [Parasitic on Phaedon especially on water-cress Nasturtium. Increasing?].
Saprinus virescens (Paykull, 1798)
*
Myrmetes piceus (Paykull, 1809)
+ (Nb) Local in nests of Formica rufa on heaths, woods and conifer plantations.
Dendrophilus punctatus (Herbst, 1792)
++ Local in hollow trees in old nests etc. Also with ant Lasius fuliginosus.
Dendrophilus pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
++ Local in nests of Formica rufa.
LRom
Kissister minimus (Aubé, 1850)
++ Local at roots of plants in dry grassland. Often under Rumex acetosella.
Carcinops pumilio (Erichson, 1834)
+ Local. Synanthropic in gardens etc. around compost heaps. Often enters hot kitchens!
Paromalus flavicornis (Herbst, 1792)
++ Widespread under bark and in decaying timber especially beech.
Onthophilus punctatus (Müller, 1776)
++ (RDBK) [In mole nests] JC Frilford
R/ESax
Onthophilus striatus (Forster, 1771)
++ Local on dung especially horse.
LRom
(Nb) [In cow dung] Sub-fossil Appleford (Robinson )
Hister bissexstriatus Fabricius, 1801
?
Hister impressus Fabricius, 1798
+ Rare?
Hister merdarius Hoffmann, 1803
> Rare? In rotting vegetation, and bird’s nests. Bradfield (NHJ)
Hister striola Sahlberg, 1819
++ Widespread in herbivore dung and rotting fungi, carrion.
Hister unicolor Linnaeus, 1758
++ Widespread in herbivore dung and rotting fungi, carrion.
Margarinotus (Paralister) neglectus (Germar,
? [In carrion, moss]. (Fowler, 1889)
1813)
Margarinotus (Paralister) purpurascens (Herbst,
LRom
+ Rare on ground especially on sandy soils.
1792)
Margarinotus (Paralister) ventralis (Marsuel, 1854) Rom
++ Widespread in dung, rotting vegetation and carrion.
=carbonarius (Hoffmann, 1803)
Margarinotus marginatus (Erichson, 1834)
+ (Nb) Rare? In subterranean mammal nests (mole, rabbit). Bradfield (NHJ)
Atholus duodecimstriatus (Schrank, 1781)
LRom
++ Widespread on dung.
Peranus bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
++ Local, in dung and compost heaps.
Ptiliidae
46 species
Nossidium pilosellum (Marsham, 1802)
Ptenidium formicetorum Kraatz, 1851
Ptenidium fuscicorne Erichson, 1845
Ptenidium gressneri Erichson, 1845
Ptenidium intermedium Wankowicz, 1869
Ptenidium laevigatum Erichson, 1845
Ptenidium nitidum (Heer, 1841)
Ptenidium punctatum (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Ptenidium pusillum (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Ptenidium turgidum Thomson, C.G., 1855
Ptilium exaratum (Allibert, 1844)
Ptilium horioni Rosskothen, 1934
Ptilium myrmecophilum (Allibert, 1844)
SUB
VCH 1907- Rare? In rotting wood, litter, and wood ant nests.
2005
++ (N) Local in fungi especially dryad’s saddle Polyporus squamosus,
+
? [In grass heaps]
+ (N) Local in frass and debris in old trees especially beech.
+ ? In marshy areas.
+ ? Local in litter and with ants. . Also in gardens
? .
? .
+ Local in litter and vegetable refuse.
(RDBK) Old woodland in hollow trees, log piles etc. (
+
?
+ ?
+ Rare in wood ant Formica rufa nests.
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Ptiliidae
46 species
Oligella foveolata (Allibert, 1844)
Oligella intermedia Besuchet, 1971
Micridium halidaii (Matthews, 1868)
Ptiliola kunzei (Heer, 1841)
Ptiliolum fuscum (Erichson, 1845)
Ptiliolum marginatum (Aubé, 1850)
Ptiliolum spencei (Allibert, 1844)
Ptinella simsoni (Matthews, 1878)
Ptinella aptera (Guérin-Méneville, 1839)
SUB
VCH 19072005
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
*
++
+
+
Ptinella britannica Matthews, 1855
Ptinella cavelli (Broun, 1893)
Ptinella denticollis (Fairmaire, 1858)
Ptinella errabunda Johnson, 1975
Ptinella limbata (Heer, 1841).
Smicrus filicornis (Fairmaire & Laboulbéné,
1855)
Microptilium pulchellum (Allibert, 1844)
Baeocrara variolosa (Mulsant & Rey, 1867)
Nephanes titan (Newman, 1834)
Pteryx suturalis (Heer, 1841)
Acrotrichis arnoldi Rosskothen, 1935
Acrotrichis atomaria (Degeer, 1774)
Acrotrichis brevipennis (Erichson, 1845)
Acrotrichis chevrolati (Allibert, 1844)
Acrotrichis cognata (Matthews, 1877)
Acrotrichis danica Sundt, 1958
Acrotrichis dispar (Matthews, 1865)
Acrotrichis fascicularis (Herbst, 1793)
Acrotrichis henrici (Matthews, 1872)
Acrotrichis grandicollis (Mannerheim, 1844)
Acrotrichis insularis (Mäklin, 1852)
Acrotrichis intermedia (Gillmeister, 1845)
Acrotrichis montandoni (Allibert, 1844)
Acrotrichis rosskotheni Sundt, 1971
Acrotrichis rugulosa Rosskothen, 1935
Acrotrichis sericans (Heer, 1841)
Acrotrichis sitkaensis (Motschulsky, 1845)
Acrotrichis thoracica (Waltl, 1838)
Rare? In rotting wood, litter, and wood ant nests.
(RDBK) ?).
(RDBK)
(RDBK) Rare in dead wood. .
? In grass heaps.
? In litter
(RDBK) [Old woodlands in litter, dung, and fungi]
? In litter in garden
? Local? [In compost etc.], .
Local under bark of dead trees, especially beech.
Bradfield (NHJ)
Local, under bark of dead trees.
(N) Under bark of dead trees especially Oak., Bradfield (NHJ) .
Local, under bark of dead trees.
*
Bradfield (NHJ)
*
*
+
+
>
+
Bradfield (NHJ)
? Bradfield (NHJ)
Local, under bark and in frass and debris in hollow trees.
(RDBK) 1965 .
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
?
+
+
+
Local? In litter etc. >5 post 1980 sites.
(N) ? [In litter, and decaying vegetable matter in a wide variety of habitats]
(RDBK) ? [In dung and compost heaps].
,.
? ,
(N) [Woodlands in dung and fungi]
Local in litter etc. 4
? In litter in woods and parks.
? In litter etc.
? In litter.
? [In litter etc.]
Local in wood ant Formica rufa nests, and in litter, etc.
? [In litter]
?
? In compost, litter etc. .
? [In grass-heaps, litter]
? in litter
17
Leiodidae
77 species
Triarthron maerkeli Märkel, 1840
Hydnobius latifrons (Curtis, 1840)
Hydnobius punctatus (Sturm, 1807)
Leiodes badia (Sturm, 1807)
Leiodes cinnamomea (Panzer, 1793)
Leiodes ferruginea (Fabricius, 1787)
Leiodes flavescens (Schmidt, 1841)
Leiodes gallica (Reitter, 1884)
Leiodes gyllenhali (Stephens, 1829)
Leiodes litura Stephens, 1835
Leiodes longipes (Schmidt, 1841)
Leiodes lucens (Fairmaire, 1855)
Leiodes lunicollis (Rye, 1872)
Leiodes macropus (Rye, 1873)
Leiodes nigrita (Schmidt, 1841)
Leiodes obesa (Schmidt, 1841)
Leiodes oblonga (Erichson, 1845)
Leiodes polita (Marsham, 1802) = calcarata
Erichson, 1845
Leiodes rufipennis (Paykull, 1798)
Leiodes rugosa Stephens, 1829
Leiodes strigipenne Daffner 1983
Leiodes triepkii (Schmidt, 1841)
Liocyrtusa vittata (Curtis, 1840)
Colenis immunda (Sturm, 1807)
Agaricophagus cephalotes Schmidt, 1841
Anisotoma humeralis (Fabricius, 1792)
Anisotoma orbicularis (Herbst, 1792)
Amphicyllis globus (Fabricius, 1792)
Agathidium atrum (Paykull, 1798)
Agathidium confusum Brisout, 1863
Agathidium convexum Sharp, 1866
Agathidium laevigatum Erichson, 1845
Agathidium marginatum Sturm, 1807
Agathidium nigrinum Sturm, 1807
Agathidium nigripenne (Fabricius1792)
Agathidium rotundatum Gyllenhal, 1827
Agathidium seminulum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agathidium varians Beck, 1817
Ptomaphagus medius Rey, 1889
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(N) [In coniferous woodlands and parkland].
(RDBK) . Wytham (JJW)
(N) [Woods and downland] Tubney , Wytham (JJW)
*
? Rare on downland.
(N) [Beech woods on chalk] Wytham 1906 (JJW),
*
*
? Wytham (JJW)
*
(RDBI) Tubney 1928 (JJW)
(RDBK) [Chalky and sandy places].
*
(RDBK) ? [Woodlands?].
*
+ Woods on the chalk? Tubney (JJW)
(RDB1) ? Tubney 1907 (JJW) Not recorded in UK since 1936.
*
++ (RDBK) ? [Old woods and sandy places] Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
(RDBK) ? [Sandy soils?].
*
(RDBK) ? [Woods and open areas]
*
(RDBK) ? [Woodland]. Wytham (JJW)
*
+ Rare? In woods and open areas.
+ (N) [Woodland and pasture woodland].
++ The most frequently encountered Leiodes, frequent in flight interception and malaise traps, but hard to find by
other means.
+ Local in sandy and chalky areas. Tubney Wytham (JJW)
(N) [Downland, and sandy soils]. Tubney 1906, Wytham 1906 (JJW)
*
= L. flavicornis (Brisout, 1863
*
(RDBK) ? Sandy, common under pines and firs. Tubney (JJW)
++ Local, in many habitats. Comes to light. Wytham (JJW) Burghfield Mill 2003 (JSD)
+ ? [Downland] JJW general
(RDBK) Downland?
*
++ Local in woodlands in fungi and fungoid wood.
+ Local especially in woodlands. Usually present in malaise/interception trap material, but hard to find by other
means.
+ ? In rotten wood.
+ Local in woods and open habitats in moss and tussocks. Tubney (JJW)
++ (RDB1) Rare, [on fungi]. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
*
? [In fungoid wood, moss, esp,. in woodland]. Shotover (JJW)
*
? [In litter, log piles etc.]. Tubney (JJW)
(N) ? p
+ Local under bark and in fungi.
+ Rare in sappy bark of various trees. .
*
Local in rotten hardwoods. Tubney (JJW)
+ Local in rotting wood. .
+ Local in rotting wood and damp leaf litter.
+ Local.
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Leiodidae
77 species
Ptomaphagus subvillosus (Goeze, 1777)
Ptomaphagus varicornis (Rosenhauer, 1847)
Nemadus colonoides (Kraatz, 1851)
Nargus anisotomoides (Spence, 1813)
Nargus velox (Spence, 1813)
Nargus wilkini (Spence, 1813)
Choleva agilis (Illiger, 1798)
Choleva angustata (Fabricius, 1781)
Choleva fagniezi Jeannel, 1922
Choleva glauca Britten, 1918
Choleva jeanneli Britten, 1922
Choleva oblonga Latreille, 1807
Choleva spadicea (Sturm, 1839)
Sciodrepoides fumatus (Spence, 1813)
Sciodrepoides watsoni (Spence, 1813)
Catops chrysomeloides (Panzer, 1798)
Catops coracinus Kellner, 1846
Catops fuliginosus Erichson, 1837
Catops fuscus (Panzer, 1794)
Catops grandicollis Erichson, 1837
Catops kirbii (Spence, 1813)
Catops longulus Kellner, 1846
Catops morio (Fabricius, 1787)
Catops nigricans (Spence, 1813)
Catops nigrita Erichson, 1837
Catops tristis (Panzer, 1793)
Catopidius depressus (Murray, 1856)
Parabathyscia wollastoni (Janson, 1857)
Colon angulare Erichson, 1837
Colon appendiculatum (Sahlberg, 1822)
Colon brunneum (Latreille, 1807)
Colon dentipes (Sahlberg, 1822)
Colon latum Kraatz, 1850
Colon rufescens Kraatz, 1850
Colon serripes (Sahlberg, 1822)
Colon viennense Herbst, 1797
Colon zebei Kraatz, 1854
Leptinus testaceus Müller, 1817
SUB
Rom
VCH 19072005
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>?
+
*
++
+
++
++
++
+
+
+
+
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+
+
+
>
+
+
+
+
++
+
*
*
+
*
*
+
Notes
Widespread especially in open grassy areas on sandy soils.
(RDBK) [Plant litter and moss on chalky soils].
Local in hollow trees and rot holes, and roots of old trees
Rare? In litter. Tubney (JJW)
Local in litter, carrion etc.
? In litter and moss. . Tubney (JJW)
? [In litter, fungi etc.].
Local in litter in woods and grassy places. .
? [In litter, fungi, etc.]
(N) [Mole nests]. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Rare? [In carrion]. .
? [In litter, fungi, etc.]
Rare [On ground in dry sand places?]
Local in carrion [and rotting fungi]. .
Local in carrion. .
Local in carrion.
Local in carrion
Widespread in carrion, and in nests of small mammals etc.
Local in litter in woods, etc. H
Local in carrion.
Local in woods and open habitats
Widespread in carrion, and nests and runs of small mammals.
Local in carrion.
Widespread in carrion.
? In woodlands. . Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Rare? Subterranean in gardens especially on the chalk,.
(RDBK) ? [Woods and ]
(RDBK) ? [Grassy hillsides and woodlands]
Local in litter etc. .
(RDBK) [Grassy hillsides and woodlands]
(N) [Woodland?].
(RDB1) [Chalk downland].
[In litter, fungi, etc
(RDBK) ? [Grassy hillsides and woodlands] Tubney , Wytham (JJW)
(RDBK) Rare on downland.
Local. In nests of mammals especially moles, also in nest boxes used by wood mice. Formerly placed in
Leptinidae.
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Silphidae (Sexton & Burrowing Beetles)
17 species
Nicrophorus humator (Gleditsch, 1767) Black
sexton
Nicrophorus interruptus Stephens, 1830
Nicrophorus investigator Zetterstedt, 1824
Nicrophorus vespillo (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nicrophorus vespilloides Herbst, 1783
Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thanatophilus rugosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thanatophilus sinuatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Oiceoptoma thoracicum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dendroxena quadrimaculata (Scopoli, 1772)
Silpha atrata Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha laevigata Fabricius, 1775
Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758
Silpha tristis Illiger, 1798
Scydmaenidae
24 species
Eutheia formicetorum Reitter, 1881
Eutheia linearis Mulsant.
Eutheia plicata (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Eutheia schaumi Kiesenwetter, 1858
Eutheia scydmaenoides Stephens, 1830
Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer, 1899
Neuraphes angulatus (Müeller & Kunze,1822)
Neuraphes carinatus (Mulsant, 1861)
Neuraphes elongatulus (Müller & Kunze, 1822)
Neuraphes plicicollis Reitter, 1879
Neuraphes praeteritus Rye, 1872
Neuraphes talparum Lokay, 1921
Scydmoraphes helvolus (Schaum, 1844)
Stenichnus bicolor (Denny, 1825)
Stenichnus collaris (Müller & Kunze, 1822)
Stenichnus godarti (Latreille, 1806).
Stenichnus poweri (Fowler, 1884)
Stenichnus pusillus (Müller & Kunze, 1822)
Stenichnus scutellaris (Müller & Kunze, 1822
Microscydmus minimus (Chaudoir, 1845)
Microscydmus nanus (Schaum, 1844)
SUB
LRom
Rom
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
++ Widespread on carrion, also frequent at MV light.
++
++
++
++
++
+
+
+
*
++
++
Rom
++
SUB
VCH 19072005
+
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*
+
>
+
+
>
++
+
++
+
+
+
++
*
+
*
(Nb) Local on carrion, also at mv light
Local in carrion,
Local on carrion.
Local on carrion, also at mv light.
Rare, increasing ? Comes to light.
Local in carrion.
Local in carrion.
Local, declining? In carrion.
(Na) Rare. On oak trees.
Widespread and frequent in woodlands sheltering under bark.
Local in grassland especially on the chalk, but also on corallian sands.
(RDB2) Sub-fossil only
Local but increasing inland? In rank grassland with snails.
Notes
(RDB1) Rare in rotten wood esp, beech Windsor Forest 1989 (JAO)
(RDB1) Windsor Forest
(RDBK) Bradfield (NHJ) ??
(N) ? [Eurytop
(N) Rare ? Eurytopic, B
Local in woods, often on moss clad tree trunks.
Rare in woodlands, Tubney (JJW).
(RDBIn) Rare in moss and litter especially on N
Local in moss and litter in grassland and woods. .
(N) Under bark, in moss and rotten timb
(N) ? [Woodland]
? Woodlands? Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(N) ? [In litter and plant debris]
Local under bark and on hardwoods.
Widespread in woods and parkland in litter, tussocks etc.
(RDB3) Windsor
Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
(RDBK) [In litter, ant nests etc.]
(N) ? Fowler (1889) l
? [Open grassland].
(RDB3) Rare in ancient woods in hollow trees etc. Windsor Great park
(N) Woodland.
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Euconnus denticornis (Müller & Kunze, 1822)
Euconnus duboisi Mequignon, 1929
Euconnus fimetarius (Chaudoir, 1845)
Euconnus hirticollis (Illiger, 1798)
Euconnus maeklini (Mannerheim, 1844)
*
++
+
*
+
Euconnus pragensis (Machulka, 1923)
Euthiconus conicollis (Fairmaire, 1855)
Scydmaenus rufus Müller & Kunze, 1822
+
Scydmaenus tarsatus Müller & Kunze, 1822
+
Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles) species
SUB
Omaliinae
Philorinum sordidum (Stephens, 1834)
Orochares angustatus (Erichson, 1840)
Anthobium atrocephalum (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Anthobium unicolor (Marsham, 1802)
Olophrum piceum (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Acidota cruentata Mannerheim, 1830
Rom
Acidota crenata (Fabricius, 1792)
Lesteva hanseni Lohse, 1953
Lesteva heeri Fauvel, 1872
Lesteva longoelytrata (Goeze, 1777)
BrAge
Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830
Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839
Eusphalerum luteum (Marsham, 1802)
Eusphalerum minutum (Fabricius, 1792)
Eusphalerum primulae (Stephens, 1834)
Eusphalerum sorbi (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Eusphalerum torquatum (Marsham, 1802)
Phyllodrepa floralis (Paykull, 1789)
Phyllodrepa nigra (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Dropephylla devillei Bernhauer, 1902
= grandiloqua Luze, 1910
Dropephylla gracilicornis (Fairmaire & Laboulbène,
1856)
Dropephylla ioptera (Stephens, 1834)
Dropephylla vilis (Erichson, 1840)
Hapalaraea pygmaea (Paykull, 1800)
Hypopycna rufula (Erichson, 1840)
Acrolocha minuta (Olivier, 1795)
Acrolocha sulcula (Stephens, 1834)
(RDBIn) [In moss and litter on Downland]. Wytham (JJW)
Synanthropic in stable debris etc. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
?F
Very Local in marsh litter.
(RDBI) Windsor
(RDB1) Windsor Great park (PMH?/JAO)
(RDB2) Local but increasing? A……lane 1998 (JSD) Under bark including pine, also wintering in manure
heaps,
Local in compost/manure heaps.
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
*
++
++
++
+
++
++
++
++
+
>
++
*
+
? On broom and gorse flowers.
(RDBIn ) Bradfield 1903 (NHJ)
Widespread in litter and carrion.
Widespread in litter and carrion.
Local in moss in woods and on heathy commons.
(Nb) ? [In moss and under conifer bark etc].
Rare in Sphagnum moss etc.
Rare on mossy banks of flowing water
Widespread in wetlands especially seepages and mossy areas including bogs.
Widespread in wetlands and damp grassland.
Local in moss on banks of streams especially in wooded areas.
Rare?
Widespread on flowers especially umbellifers in woods.
? [In mires].
Local in flowers of primrose Primula in spring.
? [In woods at blossoms etc.]
Rare.
Widespread on blossom especially hawthorn.
Windsor
Recent immigrant to southern England, primarily Scottish. Rare under bark.
(N) [Under bark and in rotten wood].
++
++
+
+
+
+
Frequent under bark of hardwoods, and on blossoms especially hawthorn. Saproxylic.
Local under bark of hardwoods.
Rare under bark in fungi. ,
(RDBK) ? Subterranean in small mammal runs etc. .
(N) ?.
? In decaying vegetation. .
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Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles) species
Omalium allardi Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859
Omalium caesum Gravenhorst, 1806
Omalium excavatum Stephens, 1834
Omalium exiguum Gyllenhal, 1810
Omalium italicum Bernhauer, 1902
Omalium oxyacanthae Gravenhorst, 1806
Omalium rivulare (Paykull, 1789)
Omalium rugatum Mulsant & Rey, 1880
Omalium septentrionis Thomson, 1856
Xylostiba bosnica (Bernhauer )
Phloeonomus punctipennis Thomson, 1867
Phloeonomus pusillus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Phloeostiba plana (Paykull, 1792)
Xylodromus concinnus (Marsham, 1802)
Xylodromus depressus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Coryphium angusticolle Stephens, 1834
Proteininae
Metopsia retusa (Stephens, 1834)
Megarthrus affinis Miller, 1852
Megarthrus denticollis (Beck, 1817)
Megarthrus depressus (Paykull, 1789)
Megarthrus hemipterus (Illiger, 1794)
Megarthrus sinuatocollis (Boisduval & Lacordaire,
1835)
Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840
Proteinus brachypterus (Fabricius,1792)
Proteinus macropterus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Proteinus ovalis Stephens, 1834
Micropeplinae
Micropeplus fulvus Erichson, 1840
Micropeplus porcatus (Paykull, 1789)
Micropeplus staphylinoides (Marsham, 1802)
Micropeplus tesserula Curtis, 1828
Pselaphinae
Bibloporus bicolor (Denny, 1825)
Bibloporus minutus Raffray, 1914
Bibloplectus ambiguus (Reichenbach,1816)
Bibloplectus delhermi Guillebeau, 1888
Euplectus bonvouloiri rosae Raffray, 1910
Euplectus duponti Aubé, 1833
Euplectus fauveli Guillebeau, 1888
SUB
BrAge
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(N) Synanthropic. In houses, hospitals etc.
+ Local in leaf litter and tussocks in a variety of habitats including gardens.
+ Rare? [In litter] .
(N) ? [In decaying vegetatble matter, fungi in grasslands and gardens] . (Fowler, 1888)
+ Rare? In litter.
+ ? Local in rotting vegetation.
++ Widespread in fungi, carrion and rotting vegetation in many habitats including gardens.
+ (N) Rare? In decaying vegetation including compost heaps. .
+ , recently at
Under bark Cothill 14.xii.2003, Windsor orest
+ Widespread under hardwood bark especially oak and beech.
+ Local under conifer bark, especially pine.
+ Rare under bark and at sap.
+ Rare on fungi.
? Park.
+ Rare under bark.
++
+
+
+
*
+
Widespread in moss and haystack debris etc.
Rare?
? In litter.
?,
(Na) Rare in rotting fungi especially Beefsteak Fistulina hepatica. 1975 .
?
>
++
++
+
Rare?
Widespread in rotting fungi.
Rare? In fungi.
Widespread in decaying vegetation and carrion in grassland and gardens.
+
+
+
+
Local in rotting vegetation including compost heaps.
Rare? In rotting vegetation. Radley (Rob
Widespread in manure and compost heaps
Local in rotting vegetation.
+
+
+
+
++
++
>
Local under bark and in dead wood.
(Nb) Rare under bark and in dead wood in old woods and parklands.
Local in moss and litter in wetlands
(RDBK) Rare in wetlands
(N) Rare in dead wood. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(N) [litter in woods] , .Bradfield (NHJ) Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(N) Rare in old nests, under bark etc.
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Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles) species
Euplectus infirmus Raffray, 1910
Euplectus karsteni (Reichenbach, 1816)
Euplectus kirbyi Denny, 1825
Euplectus nanus (Reichenbach, 1816)
Euplectus piceus Motschulsky, 1835
Euplectus sanguineus Denny, 1825
Euplectus signatus (Reichenbach, 1816)
Euplectus tholini Guillebeau, 1888
Plectophloeus nitidus (Fairmaire, 1857)
Trimium brevicorne (Reichenbach, 1816)
Batrisodes adnexus (Hampe, 1863)
Batrisodes delaporti (Aubé, 1833)
Batrisodes venustus (Reichenbach, 1816)
Tychobythinus glabratus (Rye, 1870)
Bythinus burrelli Denny, 1825
Bythinus macropalpus Aubé, 1833
Bryaxis bulbifer (Reichenbach, 1816)
Bryaxis curtisi (Leach, 1817)
Bryaxis puncticollis (Denny, 1825)
Trichonyx sulcicollis (Reichenbach, 1816)
Amauronyx maerkeli (Aubé, 1844)
Tychus niger (Paykull, 1800)
Rybaxis longicornis (Leach, 1817)
Brachygluta fossulata (Reichenbach, 1816)
Brachygluta haematica (Reichenbach, 1816)
Brachygluta waterhousei (Rye, 1876)
Reichenbachia juncorum (Leach, 1817)
Trissemus impressus (Panzer, 1803)
Pselaphaulax dresdensis (Herbst, 1792)
Pselaphus heisei Herbst, 1792
Claviger longicornis Müller, 1818
Claviger testaceus Preyssler, 1790
Phloeocharinae
Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim, 1830
Tachyporinae
Sepedophilus bipunctatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Sepedophilus constans (Fowler, 1888)
Sepedophilus immaculatus (Stephens, 1832)
Sepedophilus littoreus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sepedophilus lusitanicus Hammond, 1973
Sepedophilus marshami (Stephens, 1832)
SUB
VCH 19072005
++
++
++
++
++
+
+
+
Notes
In rotten wood and under bark especially willow. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Local in litter and moss. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(N) Rare in rotting hardwoods. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(RDBIn) Rare in old woodland in rotting wood. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Local in red rotten oak and under bark. ? Downland. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Local in moss, litter under bark etc.
? [In manure heaps and vegetable refuse]
(RDB3) In dead wood especially oak, under bark etc. .
+
(RDBK) ?
(RDB1) In dead wood with the ant Lasius brunneus . Windsor Park
(RDB1) In dead wood with the ant Lasius brunneus . Windsor Park 1985 (PSH)
(Na) 2001 . Cothill (Collins)
(RDBIn) Rare with ants (Ponera coarctata, and Lasius flavus?) on downland.
? [In moss in woodlands, also in grass tussocks] Bradfield (NHJ)
Bradfield (NHJ)
Local in wetlands including carr areas.
Rare?.
?
(RDB2) Rare in dead hardwoods. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(RDB3) Rare, with ants (Lasius fuliginosus, L. flavus, and Myrmica spp.)
Local in compost heaps, grass tussocks etc.
Local in wetlands.
Local in litter and moss in wetlands including bogs and marshes.
? [In damp litter and wood].
(N) [In litter, mainly coastal]
Local in litter and moss in wetlands including bogs and marshes.
Widespread in marsh litter and moss by water.
(N) [In moss and litter in wetlands]. Kennet Valley (NHJ)
Local in moss in wetlands.
(RDB1) ? In subterranean nests of the ants Lasius umbratus and L. mixtus. One to rediscover!!
(N) Rare in nests of Lasius flavus. etc.
+
Widespread under bark and in bracket fungi especially Daedaleopsis on Salix.
+
+
++
++
++
++
(Nb) Local in damp rotten wood including pine.
(N) In fungoid wood and litter.
Local in decaying vegetation and litter occasionally in dead wood.
Local in dead and decaying wood.
Rare in woodlands [especially in pine].
Widespread in litter in many habitats.
++
++
++
++
*
*
++
+
+
++
+
+
++
++
+
++
+
>
+
23
Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles) species
Sepedophilus nigripennis (Stephens, 1832)
Sepedophilus pedicularius (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Sepedophilus testaceus (Fabricius, 1792)
Tachyporus atriceps Stephens, 1832
Tachyporus chrysomelinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tachyporus dispar (Paykull, 1789)
Tachyporus formosus Matthews, 1838
Tachyporus hypnorum (Fabricius, 1775)
Tachyporus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1781)
Tachyporus obtusus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Tachyporus pallidus Sharp, 1871
Tachyporus pusillus Gravenhorst, 1806
Tachyporus scitulus Erichson, 1839
Tachyporus solutus Erichson, 1839
Tachyporus tersus Erichson, 1839
Tachyporus transversalis Gravenhorst, 1806
Lamprinodes saginatus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Tachinus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Tachinus elongatus Gyllenhal, 1810
Tachinus humeralis Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus laticollis Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus lignorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tachinus marginellus (Fabricius,, 1781)
Tachinus pallipes (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Tachinus proximus Kraatz, 1855
Tachinus scapularis Stephens, 1832
Tachinus signatus Gravenhorst, 1802
Tachinus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Coproporus sp.
Cilea siphoides (Linnaeus, 1767)
Mycetoporus angularis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Mycetoporus bimaculatus Lacordaire, 1835
Mycetoporus clavicornis (Stephens, 1832)
Mycetoporus despectus Strand, 1969
Mycetoporus erichsonanus Fagel, 1965
Mycetoporus lepidus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Mycetoporus longulus Mannerheim, 1830
Mycetoporus nigricollis Stephens, 1835
Mycetoporus piceolus Rey, 1882
Mycetoporus punctus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Mycetoporus rufescens (Stephens, 1832)
SUB
VCH 19072005
++
++
+
++
++
++
+?
++
++
++
++
++
++
>
+
+
++
++
++
+
*
++
+
+
+
+
+
+
>
+
+
Notes
Local in litter etc. in a wide variety of habitats.
(N) Rare, in wetland litter and flood debris. Kennet Floodplain 2003 (JSD)
(N) Local in in rotting timber, especially beech.
Local in moss and litter.
Widespread and often abundant in many habitats including gardens.
Widespread but confused with above species until recently.
(Na) ? [Wetlands].
Widespread and abundant in most habitats.
Widespread and abundant in most habitats.
Widespread in most habitats especially damp areas.
Local in litter in wetlands, river flood refuse etc.
Widespread in moss and litter.
(RDBK) ? [Habits unknown] .
Local in litter and moss in a variety of open habitats.
? [Moss and litter in wetlands].
Rare in boggy wetlands
Rare, myrmecophilous.
(RDB1) [At sap on old trees
? [In moss and litter]
Local in dung and rotting fungi etc.
? [In rotting grass, fungi, dung, ].
(N) Rare in dung [and sap and in fungi]
Local [In decaying grass, dung and carrion].
(RDBIn) [In decaying vegetable matter, and carrion].
Common species in most habitats especially grasslands in dung and rotting vegetation and fungi.
Widespread in leaf litter and other debris, also in fungi.
Naturalized Windsor 19 (PMH)
Local, associated with fermenting compost, and dung heaps.
? In litter and moss in woods?
(RDBK) ? Woodland on chalk.
? Local in leaf litter etc.
(N) ? [Woodlands]
(N) [Moss in moorland and other open habitats]. In SUB as nanus.
Widespread in litter in woods and grassland.
? Local in leaf litter etc.
Rare? In moss and litter in woods.
(N) [Dry grassland on chalky and sandy soils].
(N) [Eurytopic].
Rare? .
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Staphylinidae (Rove Beetles) species
Ischnosoma (Mycetoporus) longicornis Mäklin,
1847
Ischnosoma (Mycetoporus) splendidum
(Gravenhorst, 1806)
Lordithon exoletus (Erichson, 1839)
Lordithon lunulatus (Linnaeus1761)
Lordithon thoracicus (Fabricius, 1777)
Lordithon trinotatus (Erichson, 1839)
Bolitobius analis (Fabricius, 1787)
Bolitobius cingulatus (Mannerheim, 1830)
Bolitobius formosus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Parabolitobius inclinans (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Trichophyinae
Trichophya pilicornis (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Habrocerinae
Habrocerus capillaricornis (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Aleocharinae
Gymnusa brevicollis (Paykull, 1800)
Deinopsis erosa (Stephens, 1832)
Myllaena brevicornis (Matthews, A.H., 1838)
Myllaena dubia (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Myllaena elongata (Matthews, 1838)
Myllaena gracilis (Matthews, A.H., 1838)
Myllaena infuscata Kraatz, 1853
Myllaena intermedia Erichson, 1837
Myllaena kraatzi Sharp, 1871
Myllaena minuta (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Oxypoda alternans (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Oxypoda annularis Mannerheim, 1830
Oxypoda brachyptera (Stephens, 1832)
Oxypoda elongatula Aubé, 1850
Oxypoda exoleta Erichson, 1839
Oxypoda ferruginea Erichson, 1839
Oxypoda flavicornis Kraatz, 1856
= amoena Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1856
Oxypoda formiceticola Märkel, 1841
Oxypoda haemorrhoa (Mannerheim, 1830)
Oxypoda induta Mulsant & Rey, 1861
Oxypoda lentula Erichson, 1837
Oxypoda lividipennis Mannerheim, 1830
SUB
VCH 1907- Notes
2005
(N) [Woodlands in litter].
++
Local. lists
++
++
++
++
++
+
++
Widespread in rotting fungi.
Widespread in rotting fungi.
Widespread in rotting fungi.
Widespread in rotting fungi.
Local, in decaying vegeatation, manure heaps, rotting fungi etc.
Local in a wide variety of habitats, including woods, and grassland
? [In litter]
Rare? In leaf litter in woods etc.
+
(Nb) ? Woodlands..
+
Widespread in leaf litter and moss in woodlands.
+
Rare in Sphagnum and other wetland mosses beside bog pools and weedy ponds.
Local in litter beside streams ditche and ponds. Tolerant of heavy shading
Local in wetlands
Local in litter in wetlands. Kennet (JSD)
(N) Local on exposed sediments beside streams and rivers. Shade tolerant. Holybrook 2003 (JSD)
Rare in wetlands.
Local in litter in wetlands
Local in litter in wetlands
(N) Rare in Sphagnum mires.
Local in wetlands in marsh litter and moss
Widespread on rotting fungi in wooded areas.
? [In decaying vegetation]
Rare? in garden
Widespread in litter in marshes and wet woodland areas.
(N) Rare, eurytopic.
? lists. ,
(N) Rare in fungoid leaf litter in old woods.
+
++
Local in wood ant Formica rufa nests
Rare in nests of wood ants Formica rufa
+
++
++
Rare.
Rare in wet moss.
Local in carrion and decaying litter
+
+
+
++
++
+
+
++
+
+
++
++
++
+
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Oxypoda lurida Wollaston, 1857
Oxypoda nigrocincta Mulsant & Rey, 1875
Oxypoda opaca (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Oxypoda recondita Kraatz, 1856
Oxypoda sericea Heer, 1839
Oxypoda spectabilis Märkel,, 1844
Oxypoda tarda Sharp, 1871
Oxypoda umbrata (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Oxypoda vittata Märkel, 1842
Ocyusa maura (Erichson, 1837)
Ocyusa (=Deubelia) picina (Aubé, 1850)
Calodera aethiops (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Calodera nigrita Mannerheim, 1830
Calodera riparia Erichson, 1837
Parocyusa (=Chiloporata) longitarsis (Erichson,
1837)
Ischnoglossa prolixa (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Ischnoglossa turcica Wunderle, 1992
Dexiogyia corticina (Erichson, 1837)
Homoeusa acuminata (Märkel, 1842)
Thiasophila angulata (Erichson, 1837)
Thiasophila inquilina (Märkel,, 1842)
Crataraea suturalis (Mannerheim, 1830)
Haploglossa gentilis (Märkel, 1844)
Haploglossa marginalis (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Haploglossa nidicola (Fairmaire, 1852)
Haploglossa pulla (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Mniusa incrassata (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Ocalea badia Erichson, 1837
Ocalea picata (Stephens, 1832)
Ocalea rivularis Miller, L., 1851
Ilyobates bennetti Donisthorpe, 1914
Ilyobates nigricollis (Paykull, 1800)
Ilyobates propinquus (Aubé, 1850)
Amarochara forticornis (Boisduval & Lacordaire,
1835
Amarochara umbrosa (Erichson, 1837)
Phloeopora bernhaueri Lohse 1984
= teres auct. Brit.partim? not (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Phloeopora testacea (Mannerheim, 1830)
Dinarda dentata (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Dinarda maerkeli Kiesenwetter, 1843
Meotica apicalis Benick, 1954
Meotica exilis (Gravenhorst, 1806)
*
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
++
++
+
++
+
+
+
*
+
++
+
?
(N) ? as perplexa Mulsant
(RDBIn) Windsor 1937 (HSD)
Local in litter and tussocks in woods etc.
(N) Rare, in hollow trees esp. with ants.
? In litter, grass heaps etc.?
(N) ? [Mole nests]
? (P.Whitehead)
Local in litter etc. in woods. ? Downland
Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus
Local in wetlands, adults often winter in Typha stems
Local in wetlands
Rare in fens and wetlands.
(N) [In wetlands]
(N) [In wetlands] last recorded in 1909
Local in wetlands Hutchins Copse (JSD)
Rare, under bark.
Rare, in rotting wood and under bark.
(N) Rare under bark in old woodlands.
(RDBK) ? With ants on downland.
Rare with wood ant Formica rufa and Lasius fuliginosus etc.
(N) ? With Lasius fuliginosus, last recorded at in 1914
Local in decaying vegetation esp. grass heaps.
Rare? In bird’s nests and with Lasius fuliginosus.
(N) Rare in hollow trees in old nests. lists
+
+
+
+
+
++
*
Rare? In ant and bird’s nests.
? Open sandy ground?
? Open sandy grassland.
Local in moss and litter in damp areas. ? woodland.
Rare. Sandy river-banks.
Widespread, in grasslands, and woods.
(RDBK) Rare in litter, mammal runs in woods.
(N) Rare. Sandy ground near water [by rivers and in sandpits]
(RDBK) ? [Subterranean]
+
++
(N) [Subterranean in mammal runs] 1908
Rare? Under bark Hitchcopse Pit 1994 (DC)
++
+
+
+
+
Local under bark of hardwoods.
(N) V.local, but present in most nests of the Slave-Making Ant Formica sanguinea on heaths and commons.
Rare. In nests of Wood Ants Formica rufa.
? ,
? [Eurytopic in litter and moss]
+
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Meotica exillima Sharp, 1915
Ischnopoda (=Tachyusa) atra (Gravenhorst,
1806)
Ischnopoda (=Tachyusa) coarctata Erichson,
1837
Ischnopoda (=Tachyusa) constricta Erichson,
1837
Ischnopoda (=Tachyusa) leucopus (Marsham,
1802)
Ischnopoda (=Tachyusa) umbratica Erichson,
1837
Gnypeta carbonaria (Mannerheim, 1830)
Gnypeta ripicola (Kiesenwetter, 1844)
Gnypeta rubrior Tottenham, 1939
Dasygnypeta (=Gnypeta) velata (Erichson,
1837)
Brachyusa concolor (Erichson, 1839)
Dacrila fallax (Kraatz, 1855)
Callicerus rigidicornis (Erichson, 1839)
Callicerus obscurus Gravenhorst, 1802
Schistoglossa gemina (Erichson, 1837)
Boreophilia eremita (Rye, 1866)
Aloconota gregaria (Erichson, 1839)
Aloconota insecta (Thomson, 1856)
Aloconota languida (Erichson, 1837)
Aloconota longicollis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Aloconota sulcifrons (Stephens, 1832)
Pycnota paradoxa (Mulsant & Rey, 1861)
Amischa analis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Amischa decipiens (Sharp, 1869)
Amischa forcipata Mulsant & Rey, 1873
Amischa nigrofusca (Stephens, 1829)
=soror (Kraatz, 1856)
Nehemitropia lividipennis (Mannerheim, 1830)
= sordida (Marsham, 1802)
Notothecta confusa (Markel, 1844)
Notothecta flavipes (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Lyprocorrhe anceps (Erichson, 1837)
Alaobia (Atheta) gagatina (Baudi, 1848)
Alaobia (Atheta) pallidicornis (Thomson, 1856)
Alaobia (Atheta) scapularis (Sahlberg, 1831)
Alaobia (Atheta) sodalis (Erichson, 1837)
Alaobia (Atheta) taxiceroides Munster, 1932
Alaobia (Atheta) trinotata (Kraatz, 1856)
Dochmonota clancula (Erichson, 1837)
Ousipalia caesula (Erichson, 1839)
+
++
Very local in Sphagnum in mires and mossy carr.
? Bare margins of water Green park 2002 (JSD)
++
(N) Local on bare ground near water. R.Kennet, Burghfield Bridge 2003 (JSD)
++
Local on bare sand and silt at margins of rivers and streams. R.Kennet, Burghfield Bridge 2003 (JSD)
++
Local on bare sand and silt at margins of rivers. R.Kennet, Burghfield Bridge 2003 (JSD)
+
Local on bare sand and silt at margins of rivers. ,
+
+
+
++
Rare on bare ground at margins of water
(N) V.local on exposed sedimenst by flowing water. etc.
V.local, on exposed sedimenst by flowing water. etc.
(N) Recent immigrant, now locally common at margins of ponds etc.
+
+
++
++
+
+
(N) Local at margins of rivers and ponds.
? [In wetlands]
Rare in damp woods.
Rare? In damp woods often near streams.
(N) Rare wetland species.
Rare. [Mainly an
Widespread, eurytopic in litter and moss
Rare? On exposed sediments beside rivers.
(N) [Wetlands]
(N) Rare in litter in marshy areas.
? [Riparian] In
(N)? [Mole nests] 1907
Widespread and often abundant in litter and moss including compost heaps
Widespread in litter and moss including compost heaps
Rare? in damp litter.
Local in litter
+
Local in grass heaps
+
+
+
+
+
+
>
++
++
(N) ? Hollow trees and with the ant Lasius fuliginosus.
Local in nests of wood ants Formica rufa. Tubney 1908
Local in nests of wood ants Formica rufa. Tubney 1908
V.local in moss, litter and under bark.
? Woodland?
(N) [Moss on downland]
Local in litter in woods etc.
Rare in nests of birds & mammals in hollow trees. .
? Woodland? Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov) Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
(N) Rare in wetlands. Dinton Pastures 2003 (JSD)
? lists.
+
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+
>
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+
+
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Geostiba circellaris (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Dinaraea aequata (Erichson, 1837)
Dinaraea angustula (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Dinaraea linearis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Paranopleta inhabilis (Kraatz, 1856)
Dadobia immersa (Erichson, 1837)
Plataraea brunnea (Fabricius, 1798)
Liogluta longiuscula (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Liogluta nitidula (Kraatz, 1856)
Liogluta oblongiuscula (Sharp, 1869)
Liogluta pagana (Erichson, 1839)
Philhygra (Atheta) debilis (Erichson, 1837)
Philhygra (Atheta) deformis (Kraatz, 1856)
Philhygra (Atheta) elongatula (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Philhygra (Atheta) fallaciosa (Sharp, 1869)
Philhygra (Atheta) gyllenhali (Thomson, 1856)
Philhygra (Atheta) hygrobia (Thomson, 1856)
Philhygra (Atheta) hygrotopora (Kraatz, 1856)
Philhygra (Atheta) luridipennis (Mannerheim,
1830)
Philhygra (Atheta) malleus Joy, 1913
Philhygra (Atheta) nannion Joy, 1931
Philhygra (Atheta) obtusangula Joy, 1913
Philhygra (Atheta) palustris (Kiesenwetter, 1844)
Philhygra (Atheta) volans (Scriba, 1859)
Dilacra (Atheta) luteipes (Erichson, 1837)
Dilacra (Atheta) vilis (Erichson, 1837)
Parameotica (Atheta) difficilis (Brisout, 1860)
Enaladroma hepatica (Erichson, 1839)
Bessobia (Atheta) excellens (Kraatz, 1856)
Bessobia (Atheta) fungivora (Thomson, 1867)
Bessobia (Atheta) monticola (Thomson, 1852)
Bessobia (Atheta) occulta (Erichson, 1837)
Anopleta (Atheta) corvina (Thomson, 1856)
Anopleta (Atheta) puberula (Sharp, 1869)
Anopleta (Atheta) soedermani Bernhauer, 1931
Microdota (Atheta) aegra (Heer, 1841)
Microdota (Atheta) amicula (Stephens, 1832)
Microdota (Atheta) atomaria (Kraatz, 1856)
Microdota (Atheta) atricolor (Sharp, 1869)
Microdota (Atheta) benickiella (Brundin, 1948)
Microdota (Atheta) boreella (Brundin, 1948)
Microdota (Atheta) glabricula (Thomson, 1867)
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Widespread in litter and debris in a variety of habitats including gardens.
Widespread on dead wood and under bark esp. on moribund attached boughs of hardwoods esp. oak
Rare under bark, and at tree roots
Local under bark and in decaying hardwoods.
(RDBK) Rare.
Local under pine bark.
Widespread in litter esp. in woodlands
? Wytham
Rare in nests of the ant Lasius fuliginosus [and L.brunneus]
Rare in woodlands?
(N) ? [In woods, parks and wetlands, probably associated with small mammal runs] Wytham Wood 1990
(V.Gusarov)
Rare? In litter in wetlands. lists
(N) [In moss in wetlands]
Local in wetlands in litter and moss.
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Rare in wetlands.
(N) Rare [In wetlands esp. carr]
Rare in litter and moss in wetland areas.
Rare [exposed sediments near water]
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Rare in wet areas.
Rare in wetlands
? In wetlands
? [Riparian]
? Rare in marshes and carr
(N) Rare? in wetlands
Widespread in leaf litter etc. in deciduous woodland.
Rare in woodlands?
?
? In interception trap in woodland at
Local in litter and decaying vegetation in woods and gardens
Local in fungi in woodlands.
(RDBK) ? [Subterranean?]
(N) [In dung, carrion and litter in a variety of open habitats] lists
(N) Rare. Leaf litter on downland, possibly subterranean.
? In woodlands [in birch brackets] Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
? [In litter] lists
Rare? [Moss and haystack refuse]
(N) Local? Recorded from 3 sites by
?
(N) ? [Woodlands]
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Microdota (Atheta) indubia (Sharp, 1869)
Microdota (Atheta) inquinula (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Microdota (Atheta) liliputana (Brisout, 1860)
Microdota (Atheta) minuscula (Brisout, 1860)
Microdota (Atheta) palleola (Erichson,1837)
Microdota (Atheta) subtilis (Scriba, 1866)
Pachyatheta cribrata (Kraatz, 1856)
Pachyatheta mortuorum Thomson, 1867
Ceritaxa (Atheta) pervagata (Benick, 1974)
=dilaticornis auct. not (Kraatz, 1856)
Ceritaxa (Atheta) testaceipes (Heer, 1839)
Cadaverota (Atheta) cadaverina (Brisout, 1860)
Mocyta (Atheta) amplicollis (Mulsant & Rey,
1873)
Mocyta (Atheta) clientula (Erichson, 1839)
Mocyta (Atheta) fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Mocyta (Atheta) gilvicollis Scheerpeltz
Mocyta (Atheta) negligens Mulsant & Rey
Mocyta (Atheta) orbata (Erichson, 1837)
Mocyta (Atheta) orphana (Erichson, 1837)
Rhagocneme subsinuata (Erichson, 1839)
Datomicra canescens (Sharp, 1869)
Datomicra celata (Erichson, 1837)
Datomicra dadopora Thomson, 1867
Datomicra nigra (Kraatz, 1856)
Datomicra sordidula (Erichson, 1837)
Datomicra zosterae (Thomson, 1856)
Atheta aquatica (Thomson, 1852)
Atheta castanoptera (Mannerheim, 1830)
Atheta graminicola (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Atheta hypnorum (Kiesenwetter, 1850
Atheta triangulum (Kraatz, 1856)
Atheta xanthopus (Thomson, 1856)
Atheta basicornis (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Atheta britanniae (Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz,
1926)
Atheta coriaria (Kraatz, 1856)
Atheta crassicornis (Fabricius, 1792)
Atheta (type III) divisa (Märkel, 1844)
Atheta euryptera (Stephens, 1832)
Atheta fungicola (Thomson, 1852)
Atheta harwoodi Williams, 1930
Atheta intermedia (Thomson, 1852)
Atheta liturata (Stephens, 1832)
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(N) ? [Grassheaps, dung etc. in woods and gardens] Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
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? Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
(RDBIn) [Woodland in decaying fungi]
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in (AMM) coll.
(N) ? [Woodlands in litter]
(RDBK) and Tubney 1908 (JJW)
(RDBK) Woodland in fungi.
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Local, eurytopic in litter etc. . lists
Widespread. . lists
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Very common in most habitats.
? . Taxonomically problematic species.
? 1995-7 Taxonomically problematic species.
? [In litter] lists
(N) ?
Local in litter and grass heaps.
Local, in dung etc.
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Widespread in litter, grassheaps etc.
?.
(N) [Wetlands in moss and litter]
Local in leaf litter.
Local in fungi.
Widespread in marshland in litter and tussocks.
Local in litter esp. in woods.
? [In damp litter]
? In litter. lists
(N) Rare [in wet woodland].
? Woodland. .
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Local in litter
? Woods and downland?
? [In haystacks, moss etc.]
? lists
Downland?
? (Fowler, 1888)
Local on fungi on wood.
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Atheta nidicola (Johansen, 1914)
Atheta nigricornis (Thomson, 1852)
Atheta nigritula (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Atheta oblita (Erichson, 1839)
Atheta paracrassicornis Brundin
Atheta pertyi (Heer, 1839)
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Local, in old bird nests and squirrel dreys. Usually present when looked for!!
(N) [Woods and heaths in fungi, and other decaying debris]
? in grassheaps.
Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
Rare in rotting fungi.
Atheta pilicornis (Thomson, 1852)
Atheta ravilla (Erichson, 1839)
Mycetota (Atheta) laticollis (Stephens, 1832)
Dimetrota atramentaria (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Dimetrota cauta (Erichson, 1837)
Dimetrota cinnamoptera (Thomson, 1856)
Dimetrota ischnocera Thomson, 1870
Dimetrota laevana (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Dimetrota marcida (Erichson, 1837)
Dimetrota nigripes (Thomson, 1856)
Dimetrota setigera (Sharp, 1869)
Badura (=Dimetrota) macrocera (Thomson,
1856)
Chaetida longicornis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Coprothassa melanaria (Mannerheim, 1830)
Acrotona aterrima (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Acrotona benicki Allen, 1940
Acrotona consanguinea (Eppelsheim, 1875)
Acrotona muscorum (Brisout, 1860)
Acrotona parens (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Acrotona parvula (Mannerheim, 1830)
Acrotona pygmaea (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Alevonota aurantiaca Fauvel, 1895
Alevonota egraria (Rye, 1876)
Alevonota gracilenta (Erichson, 1839)
Alevonota rufotestacea (Kraatz, 1856
Alianta incana (Erichson, 1837)
Pachnida nigella (Erichson, 1837)
Trichiusa immigrata Lohse, 1984
Thamiaraea cinnamomea (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Thamiaraea hospita (Märkel,, 1844)
Aleochara bilineata Gyllenhal, 1810
Aleochara bipustulata (L.innaeus,, 1761)
Aleochara brevipennis Gravenhorst, 1806
Aleochara cuniculorum Kraatz, 1858
Aleochara curtula (Goeze, 1777)
Aleochara discipennis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
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(N) Rare in rotting wood and under bark.
? Downland?
? Downland? [Wetlands in litter]
? Woodland. Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
? Woodland.
? Downland.
? Woodland.
? Woodland.
? Woodland.
? Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
? Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
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? Downland.
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(RDBK) [Woodland in hollow trees and with the ant Lasius umbratus]
lists
(N) ? Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
? Downland
? lists
(RDBIn) Rare downland, including a garden on the .
(RDBIn) [Woods, probably subterranean in mammal nests]
(RDBK) ? Downland
(N) Woods, hedgebanks probably subterranean. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
Widespread in wetlands and pond margins in litter, winters in Typha stems.
Rare in wetland in marsh litter.
Recent immigrant increasing,
Rare at goat moth Cossus trees.
(N) Rare in woodlands [At goat moth Cossus trees]
Rare. [In dung and vegetable debris] Hitchcopse Pit 1996 (TDH)
Local in dung, carrion and rotting vegetable matter
(N) Local, in wetland areas. Taken in interception trap at
Rare in vicinity of rabbit warrens [& badger setts]. Taken in interception trap at
Widespread in carrion and in rotting fungi.
(N) Rare, in dung esp. horse and in rotten wood..
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Aleochara fumata (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Aleochara funebris Wollaston, 1864
Aleochara intricata Mannerheim, 1830
Aleochara kamila Livossky, 1965
Aleochara lanuginosa Gravenhorst, 1802
Aleochara lata Gravenhorst, 1802
Aleochara lygaea Kraatz, 1862
Aleochara maculata Brisout, 1863
Aleochara moerens Gyllenhal, 1827
Aleochara moesta Gravenhorst, 1802
Aleochara obscurella Gravenhorst
Aleochara ruficornis Gravenhorst, 1802
Aleochara sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aleochara spadicea (Erichson, 1837)
Aleochara sparsa Heer, 1839
Aleochara stichai Likovsky, 1965
Aleochara tristis Gravenhorst, 1806
Aleochara verna Say, 1839
Aleochara villosa Mannerheim, 1830
Tinotus morion (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Drusilla canaliculata (Fabricius, 1787)
Zyras cognatus (Märkel, 1842)
Zyras collaris (Paykull, 1789)
Zyras funestus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Zyras haworthi Stephens, 1835
Zyras humeralis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Zyras laticollis (Märkel, 1842)
Zyras limbatus (Paykull, 1789)
Zyras lugens (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Lomechusoides strumosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Lomechusa emarginata (Paykull, 1789)
Cordalia obscura (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Myrmecocephalus concinnus Erichson, 1839
Falagrioma (Falagria) thoracica Stephens, 1832
Falagria caesa Erichson, 1837
Falagria sulcatula (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Autalia impressa (Olivier, 1795)
Autalia longicornis Scheerpeltz, 1947
Autalia rivularis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Encephalus complicans Stephens, 1832
Gyrophaena affinis Mannerheim, 1830
Gyrophaena angustata (Stephens, 1832)
Gyrophaena bihamata Thomson, 1867
Gyrophaena congrua Erichson, 1837
Gyrophaena fasciata (Marsham, 1802)
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Rare? Woods, parkland, downland? .
Rare? In herbivore dung esp. horse. Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
(N) a diversa Rare in wood/parkland on bracket fungi and in hollow trees etc.
Widespread in herbivore dung esp. cow, and carrion and on fungi.
? Rare? [In carrion etc.]
(RDBIn) [In carrion, dung etc.]
(RDBIn) [Woodlands in litter and moss]
(N) Extinct?
(RDBK) Windsor 1927-34
?
(N) ? [Elusive, and can be abundant in pitfall traps]
(N) [Woodlands in litter, dung, fungi and birds nests]
Rare (under-recorded?) subterranean in mole nests
Local? Woods, and .
(N) ? [In dung and carrion]
Rare in dung and carrion.
(RDBK) Local. Recently separated species. Hutchins Copse 1998 (JSD)
(RDBK)
Local in dung and carrion
Common in open habitats usually near to nests of Myrmica
(RDBK) Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus in runs and nests.
Rare [With Myrmica ants] 1907
Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus in runs and nests.
(Nb) Rare in woodlands sometimes with Lasius fuliginosus. Aldermaston 1988 (S.Grove)
Local, over-looked as it can be frequent in pitfall samples in a wide variety of open habitats.
Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus in runs and nests.
Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus in runs and nests.
(N) Rare with the ant Lasius fuliginosus in runs and nests.
(RDBIn) Rare, in nests of Formica sanguinea. Bagshott (JP)
(N) Rare, with ants Myrmica etc. on heaths and downland
Rare [in litter in marshy areas]
Local in fungi on dead wood, and in compost heaps etc.
Rare in damp litter in marshy areas
Local in decaying grass etc.
? [Marshland] lists, Walton
Widespread and frequnet on rotting fungi.
Local on rotting fungi
Local in decaying grass etc.
Rare in damp areas [Flushes]
Local on bracket fungi on trees. Sulhamstead 2003 (JSD)
(N) Rare on bracket fungi esp. Polyporus squamosus. Sulhamstead 2003 (JSD)
Local on bracket fungi esp. Polyporus squamosus. Sulhamstead 2003 (JSD)
(N) Rare on bracket fungi. , , (Fowler, 1888)
Local on bracket fungi
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Gyrophaena gentilis Erichson, 1839
Gyrophaena hanseni Strand, 1946
Gyrophaena joyi Wendeler, 1924
Gyrophaena joyioides Wuesthoff, 1937
Gyrophaena minima Erichson, 1837
Gyrophaena nana (Paykull, 1800)
Gyrophaena poweri Crotch, 1866
Gyrophaena pulchella Heer, 1839
Gyrophaena strictula Erichson, 1839
Gyrophaena williamsi Strand, 1935
Agaricochara (=Gyrophaena) latissima
(Stephens, 1832)
Homalota plana (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Anomognathus cuspidatus (Erichson, 1839)
Silusa rubiginosa Erichson, 1837
Leptusa fumida Kraatz, 1839
Leptusa norvegica Strand, 1941
Leptusa pulchella (Mannerheim, 1830)
Leptusa ruficollis (Erichson, 1839)
Euryusa optabilis Heer, 1839
Euryusa sinuata Erichson, 1837 *
Tachyusida gracilis (Erichson, 1837)
Bolitochara bella Märkel, 1844
Bolitochara lucida (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Bolitochara obliqua Erichson, 1837
Placusa complanata Erichson, 1846
Placusa depressa Maeklin, 1845
Placusa pumilio (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Placusa tachyporoides (Waltl, 1838)
Hygronoma dimidiata (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Cypha discoidea (Erichson, 1839)
Cypha hanseni (Palm, 1949)
Cypha longicornis (Paykull, 1800)
Cypha ovulum (Heer, 1839)
Cypha pulicaria (Erichson, 1839)
Cypha punctum (Motschulsky, 1857)
Cypah seminulum ??
Olobus (=Oligota) apicata Erichson, 1837
Olobus (=Oligota) flavicornis (Lacordaire, 1835)
Oligota granaria Erichson, 1837
Oligota inflata (Mannerheim, 1830)
Oligota parva Kraatz, 1862
Oligota picipes (Stephens, 1832)
Oligota pumilio Kiesenwetter, 1858
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Local on fungi esp. sulphur tuft Hypholoma fasciculare and other yellow gill fungi.
(N) [On fungi in wet woods] 1963
(N) Rare on fungi in woods including Polyporus squamosus. Sulhamstead 2003 (JSD)
Widespread in yellow gill fungi esp. sulphur tuft in woodlands
? [In fungi], , ,
(RDBK) [In wood rotting fungi]
(RDBK) Rare in fungi 1914
(N) Rare in maze-gill Daedalea quercina on oak & sweet chestnut. 1967
Rare. [In woodland and carr on fungi]
Local, but widespread in fungi.
Local, under bark of beech.
Local, under fungoid bark
(N) Rare at sap and under bark.
Widespread on dead and moribund hardwoods esp. oak boughs.
(N) [Under bark]
Rare under bark of trees.
Widespread on dead and moribund hardwoods
(RDBIn) [Old woodlands in decaying trees often with ants]
(RDBIn) Rare, in frass in nests of Lasius brunneus. Windsor park Silwood Park
Windsor
Widespread in fungi in woodlands
Local on fleshy fungi on dead wood.
Local under bark and in soft bracket fungi
Recent colonist. Rare?.
(N) In burrows of Tomicus piniperda on pine.
Local under oak bark.
(N) Rare at fresh sap of hardwood
Local amongst tall emergent vegetation in wetlands,
(N) Rare in dry litter ‘suspended’ off the ground in reed beds. Virginia Water 1998, Searles lane 2003 (JSD)
Local in woodlands.
Widespread in litter, grass heaps etc. in wild and man-made habitats.
(RDBK) [In moss]
(N) [Wetlands] 1961
? 1999
(N) Local on soft bracket fungi.
(N) ? Woods and parks. ,
? 1910
Widespread in grass and compost heaps.
Local in compost heaps etc.
In SUB as O. atomaria (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Local in compost heaps etc.
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Oligota punctulata Heer, 1839
Oligota pusillima (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Scaphidiinae (shining fungus beetles)
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790
Scaphisoma agaricinum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scaphisoma boleti (Panzer, 1793)
Piestinae Siagonum quadricorne Kirby, 1815
Oxytelinae
Deleaster dichrous (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Syntomium aeneum (Müller, 1821)
Coprophilus striatulus (Fabricius, 1792)
Manda mandibularis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Planeustomus palpalis (Erichson, 1839)
Aploderus caelatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Bledius dissimilis Erichson, 1840
Bledius femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Bledius fergussoni Joy, 1912
Bledius gallicus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Bledius limicola Tottenham, 1940
=germanicus Wagner, 1935
Bledius longulus Erichson, 1839
Bledius opacus (Block, 1799)
Bledius pallipes (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Bledius subterraneus Erichson, 1839
Bledius terebrans (Schioedte, 1866)
Bledius unicornis (Germar, 1825)
Ochthephilus angustior (Bernhauer, 1943)
= venustulus auct Brit. not (Rosenhaeur, 1856)
Ochthephilus aureus (Fauvel, 1871)
Carpelimus bilineatus Stephens, 1834
Carpelimus corticinus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Carpelimus elongatulus (Erichson, 1839)
Carpelimus fuliginosus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Carpelimus gracilis (Mannerheim, 1830)
Carpelimus impressus (Boisduval & Lacordaire,
1835)
Carpelimus lindrothi Palm, 1942
Carpelimus obesus (Kiesenwetter, 1844)
Carpelimus pusillus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Carpelimus rivularis (Motschulsky, 1860)
Carpelimus subtilicornis (Roubal, 1946)
Carpelimus subtilis (Erichson, 1839)
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Widespread, 3 sites
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Notes
Local in dead wood of many kinds, avery distinctive species, >40 post 1980 records
Local in dead wood of many kinds. Often found in between stacked slices of sawn up trunks
(Nb) Rare, in dead wood of many kinds.
Local under bark. Especially on elm attacked by Scolytus.
(Nb) V.local on banks of streams and rivers.
Rare in moss in woods.
Local in rotting vegetation including compost heaps.
(RDB1) Rare, pools in woodlands.
(RDBK) Wet woodlands
? [In dung etc]
(RDBIn) Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
(Na) Rare on bare ground at margins of water.
Rare in flooded sandpit.
Local on sandy margins of , pond margins as at 1997
Rare on bare ground near water. s
? [Bare ground near water]
? [Bare ground near water] and at MV light Theale Lake 2003 (JSD)
Local on sandy margins of rivers.
Local on sandy margins of rivers esp.
(RDBK) 1898 & 1927
? in Fowler (1888)
(N) ?
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Widespread on ground beside standing and flowing water
Local on ground beside standing and flowing water
Local in litter in marshy margins of water.
(N) [Wetlands in tussocks etc.]
? Muddy pond margins.
? Wet areas, pond margins.
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(N) Rare on muddy drawdown zone of ponds
Local esp. near water, but also taken in gardens.
Local on silt and sand, at margins of running water.
Local on banks of rivers.
(N) Damp open sandy ground.
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Carpelimus zealandicus (Sharp, 1900)
Thinodromus arcuatus (Stephens, 1834)
Platystethus alutaceus Thomson, 1861
Platystethus arenarius (Fourcroy, 1785)
Platystethus capito Heer, 1839
Platystethus cornutus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Platystethus degener Mulsant & Rey, 1878
Platystethus nitens (Sahlberg, 1832)
Platystethus nodifrons Mannerheim, 1830
Anotylus clypeonitens (Pandelle, 1867)
Anotylus complanatus (Erichson, 1839)
Anotylus hamatus (Fairmaire & Laboulbène,
1856)
Anotylus insecatus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Anotylus inustus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Anotylus mutator (Lohse, 1963)
Anotylus nitidulus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Anotylus rugosus (Fabricius, 1775)
Anotylus saulcyi (Pandelle, 1867)
Anotylus sculpturatus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Anotylus tetracarinatus (Block, 1799)
Oxytelus laqueatus (Marsham, 1802)
Oxytelus migrator Fauvel
Oxytelus sculptus Gravenhorst, 1806
Oxyporinae Oxyporus rufus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Steninae (Camphor beetles)
Stenus aceris Stephens, 1833
Stenus argus Gravenhorst, 1806
Stenus ater Mannerheim, 1830
Stenus atratulus Erichson, 1839
Stenus bifoveolatus Gyllenhal, 1827
Stenus biguttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stenus bimaculatus Gyllenhal, 1810
Stenus binotatus Ljungh, 1804
Stenus boops Ljungh, 1810
Stenus brevipennis Thomson, 1851
Stenus brunnipes Stephens, 1833
Stenus butrintensis Smetana, 1959
Stenus canaliculatus Gyllenhal, 1827
Stenus canescens Rosenhauer, 1856
Stenus carbonarius Gyllenhal, 1827
Stenus cicindeloides (Schaller, 1783)
Stenus circularis Gravenhorst, 1802
Stenus clavicornis (Scopoli, 1763)
R/Sax
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LRom
LRom
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Ro/sa
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LRom
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>
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Local in open situations.
Local on exposed sediments by streams, shingle bars etc.
Local in damp silt and sand at margins of still and flowing water.
Widespread in dung and rotting vegetation
Rare, on sparsely vegetated open chalk grassland.
Widespread. Burrowing in sediment near water, esp. in sand and clay pits.
Local in organically enriched mud by water
Local on damp sediment or litter on margins of ponds and rivers.
(N) Rare in marshy localities.
? In compost, and litter.
Local in rotting vegetation
(N) Rare [In dung in grasslands and woods]
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(N) ? [In litter, dung and other decaying vegtable matter]
Widespread in herbivore dung and rotting plant debris.
(N) ?
? Rare? Extinct, much declined in carrion dung etc.
Common on ground in most habitats, and a strong flyer
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(N) Rare? in subterranean mammal runs (mole, badger, rabbit).
Widespread in dung and rotting vegetation
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Common on dung and rotting vegetation.
Local in herbivore dung
Naturalised. Increasing,
? In woods [Also near water]
Rare and declining in rotting fungi.
+
Local in litter in grasslands, not a wetland species.
(Nb) [Marshes, fens and other rich wetlands]
(Nb) [A dryland species of open habitats]
(Nb) [Wetland species] (J. Linnell)
Local in wetlands in moss and marsh litter
(Should be Na) [Exposed sediments beside rivers and streams]
Local in shaded marshy ground amongst emergent vegetation
Local in wetlands amongst tall emergent vegetation
Local on exposed sediments by ponds and flowing water.
Rare, in mires and bogs. , .
Common in dry grasslands areas
(N) Local in tall emergent waterside vegetation. Winters in Typha stems.
Local. Margins of still and running water, often on exposed sediments.
(Nb) Rare, at marshy margins of ponds and streams.
[Fens, and mesotrophic wetlands]
Common in richly vegetated wetlands, river margins etc. A strong flier.
(Nb) Rare, most often found in flood refuse. Kennet valley, Southcote 2003 (JSD)
Widespread in grassy habitats. A dry land species, and a strong flier
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Stenus comma LeConte, 1863
Stenus contumax Assing, 1994
Stenus crassus Stephens, 1833
Stenus exiguus Erichson, 1840
Stenus europaeus Puthz, 1966
Stenus flavipes Stephens, 1833
Stenus formicetorum Mannerheim, 1843
Stenus fornicatus Stephens, 1833
Stenus fulvicornis Stephens, 1833
Stenus fuscicornis Erichson, 1840
Stenus fuscipes Gravenhorst, 1802
Stenus geniculatus Gravenhorst, 1806
Stenus guttula Müller, 1821
Stenus guynemeri du Val, 1850
Stenus impressus Germar, 1824
Stenus incrassatus Erichson, 1839
Stenus juno (Paykull, 1789)
Stenus kiesenwetteri Rosenhauer, 1856
Stenus latifrons Erichson, 1839
Stenus longitarsis Thomson, 1857
Stenus lustrator Erichson, 1839
Stenus melanarius Stephens, 1833
Stenus melanopus (Marsham, 1802)
Stenus nanus Stephens, 1833
Stenus nigritulus Gyllenhal, 1827
Stenus nitens Stephens, 1833
Stenus nitidiusculus Stephens, 1833
Stenus niveus Fauvel, 1865
Stenus ochropus Kiesenwetter, 1858
Stenus opticus Gravenhorst, 1806
Stenus ossium Stephens, 1833
Stenus pallipes Gravenhorst, 1802
Stenus pallitarsis Stephens, 1833
Stenus palustris Erichson, 1839
Stenus picipennis Erichson, 1840
Stenus picipes Stephens, 1830
Stenus providus Erichson, 1839
Stenus pubescens Stephens, 1833
Stenus pusillus Stephens, 1833
Stenus similis (Herbst, 1784)
Stenus solutus Erichson, 1840
Stenus subaeneus Erichson, 1840
Stenus subdepressus Mulsant & Rey, 1861
Stenus tarsalis Ljungh, 1810
Dianous coerulescens (Gyllenhal, 1810)
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+
+
+
+
LBrA
?
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+
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*
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+
+
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*
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+
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Local on exposed sediments by water. Rapid coloniser of clay/sand pits.
(N) Rare? In open dry situations.
Rare [Wetlands and dry areas?]
(Nb) Rare on ground in damp open areas? . Probably merely a form of S.pusillus
(Nb) ? [Fens and marshes]
Widespread but local in marshy wetlands including bogs
Rare in moss and litter in damp areas.
(Nb) Local, amongst richly vegetated marshy areas beside old ponds etc.
Local in wetlands in marsh litter
(Nb) Rare in dry sparsely vegetated places including gardens. [Chalky screes in old pits]
Rare. 1
Rare. In heather litter on open heaths.
Local on exposed sediments by rivers and streams also in sand and clay pits. Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
Rare [by waterfalls and swift flowing stoney streams in moss]
Widespread in woodlands in leaf litter
Local on margins of ponds etc.
Widespread in wetlands on emergent vegetation
(RDB2) Rare. In quaking bogs especially with Carex rostrata. Greenham
Local in marshy wetlands and pond-margins
(RDBIn) ? Wetlands including mires.
Rare ? [Wetlands]
Rare. In Sphagnum in bogs and mires.
Local [In damp places such as manure heaps]
Local in moss and litter in open grassland, a dry land species.
(Nb) [Fens and mesotrophic wetlands]
[In bogs and mires]
Local in wetlands esp. in moss and marsh litter.
(Nb) Rare in marshy wetland and bogs,
Rare in moss on open grassland on the chalk.
(Na) ? [In bogs and mires] (Fowler, 1888)
Widespread in moss and litter in grasslands
Rare in wetlands, bogs.
Local on tall emergent waterside vegetation. Winters in Typha.
(Nb)? [Fens]
Local, in springfed wetlands, watercress beds etc.
Widespread in dry areas.
Local in wetlands
Local in wetlands
Local in moss and litter mosty in wet areas.
Widespread in rough grassland etc. but not a wetland species.
Widespread in wetlands
Local, usually in man-made habitats, such as wet dung heaps.
(RDBIn) Rare in litter under heather.
Local in wetlands, frequent in flood debris
Rare mossy stream margins
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Euasthetinae
Euaesthetus bipunctatus (Ljungh, 1804)
Euaesthetus laeviusculus Mannerheim, 1844
Euaesthetus ruficapillus Lacordaire, 1835
Paederinae
Paederus littoralis Gravenhorst, 1802
Paederus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Astenus immaculatus Stephens, 1833
Astenus lyonessius (Joy, 1908)
Astenus pulchellus (Heer, 1839)
Rugilus erichsoni (Fauvel, 1867)
Rugilus fragilis (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Rugilus orbiculatus (Paykull, 1789)
Rugilus rufipes Germar, 1835
Rugilus similis (Erichson, 1839)
Medon apicalis (Kraatz, 1857)
Medon brunneus (Erichson, 1839)
Medon castaneus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Medon dilutus (Erichson, 1839)
Medon ripicola (Kraatz, 1854)
Sunius bicolor (Olivier, 1795)
Sunius melanocephalus (Fabricius, 1792)
Sunius propinquus (Brisout, 1867)
Pseudomedon (=Lithocharis) obscurella
Erichson, 1840
Pseudomedon (=Lithocharis) obsoleta (von
Nordmann,
1837)
Lithocharis nigriceps Kraatz, 1859
Lithocharis ochracea (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Hypomedon debilicornis (Wollaston)
Scopaeus laevigatus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Scopaeus sulcicollis (Stephens, 1833)
Lathrobium brunnipes (Fabricius, 1792)
Lathrobium elongatum (Linnaeus, 1767)
Lathrobium fovulum Stephens, 1833
Lathrobium fulvipenne (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Lathrobium impressum Heer, 1841
Lathrobium longulum Gravenhorst, 1802
Lathrobium multipunctum Gravenhorst, 1802
Lathrobium pallidipenne Hochhuth, 1851
= ripicola Czwalina, 1888
Lathrobium pallidum von Nordmann, 1837
Lathrobium quadratum (Paykull, 1789)
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LRom
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LRom
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+
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? [Fens] formerly at , , , ,
? [Mires] (Fowler, 1888)
Local in moss esp. Sphagnum in marshes and bogs. Shade tolerant.
Widespread in wetlands, also in open grassland esp. on chalk .
Local in marshy wetlands including bogs.
(N) [Marshy areas]
Local in rough grassy areas esp amongst ruderal vegetation
Local in decaying vegetation.
Local? In litter and decaying grass in damp grassland.
(N) Rare. Virginia Water 2004 (PMH)
Widespread in open areas esp.with ruderal vegetation
Local in many habitats at ground level
(N) Rare [Eurytopic]
(N) ? [Litter in woods etc.]
Rare in moss and litter in
(RDBIn) Rare but under-recorded in mole nests esp in sandy areas.
Rare at roots of hardwoods in old parkland
(N) ? [Exposed sediments by rivers]
(RDBK) ?
(N) [Litter in open habitats]
Local in grassland
(N) ? [Eurytopic]
(RDBIn) ?
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Local, synanthropic in grass heaps esp. in gardens. An introduced Asian spp. First added to British list in 1962
by AAA
Widespread in compost and grass heaps
Recent immigrant, increasing in dung and compost heaps.
(RDBIn) ?
?
,
Local on ground in damp litter and debris in woods and marshy areas.
Rare in wetlands.
Rare in wetlands.
Rare in woods and grassland esp. near water.
[in marshes and margins of fresh water]
Rare in grassland, marshes and margins of freshwater. Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
Local in moss by flowing water also in manure heaps etc
(N)
++
(RDBK) Rare only records relate to two found in flood debris from 1928
Rare in wetlands. Calcott 2003 (JSD)
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+
LBrA
[
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Lathrobium terminatum Gravenhorst, 1802
Lathrobium volgense Hochhuth, 1851=
geminum Kraatz, 1857
Achenium depressum (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Achenium humile (Nicolai, 1822)
Ochthephilum fracticorne (Paykull, 1800)
Neobisnius lathrobioides (Baudi, 1848)
Neobisnius procerulus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Neobisnius prolixus (Erichson, 1840)
Neobisnius villosulus (Stephens, 1833)
Erichsonius cinerascens (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Erichsonius signaticornis (Mulsant & Rey, 185
Philonthus addendus Sharp, 1867
Philonthus albipes (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus cognatus Stephens, 1832
Philonthus concinnus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus corruscus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus cruentatus (Gmelin, 1790)
Philonthus debilis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus decorus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus discoideus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus ebeninus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus fumarius (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Philonthus intermedius (Lacordaire, 1835)
Philonthus jurgans Tottenham, 1937
Philonthus laminatus (Creutzer, 1799)
Philonthus lepidus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus longicornis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus mannerheimi Fauvel, 1869
Philonthus marginatus (Stroem, 1768)
Philonthus micans (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Philonthus micantoides Benick & Lohse, 1956
Philonthus nigrita (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Philonthus nigriventris Thomson, 1867
Philonthus nitidicollis (Boisduval & Lacordaire,
1835)
Philonthus parvicornis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
= agilis (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Philonthus politus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Philonthus quisquiliarius (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Philonthus rectangulus Sharp, 1874
Philonthus rubripennis Stephens, 1832
Philonthus rufipes (Stephens, 1832)
=immundus auct not (Gyllenhal, 1806)
Philonthus sanguinolentus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
LRom
+
+
Local in moss and litter in bogs and marshy areas.
Local in marshes and margins of fresh water
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>
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>
>
Local in litter in marshes and pond margins esp. on floodplains
(Nb) ?
Local in wet moss esp. Sphagnum in bogs and marshes.
Rare ? [On exposed sediments by water]
(RDBK) [On exposed sediments by water] ?
(RDBK)
Rare [at margins of water] also on downland at
Local in marsh litter and moss in wetlands including Sphagnum bogs
(Nb) [On exposed sediments by flowing water]
Local in woodlands
Local in dung compost and grass heaps as at
Frequent in a many habitats esp. grassland and woods
? [In grass heaps]
(RDBIn) ? [Carrion and decaying vegetation]
Local in moss and litter in woods? etc
? most recent records I have are from
Widespread in moss and litter esp. in woodland including conifer plantations
Local in grass and compost heaps.
(N) ? [Wetlands]
(Nb) [Wetlands]
Local in dung and rotting vegetation
?
Widespread in dung and rotting vegetation
(RDBK) Frilford 2001 JC [dunes and sandy grassland].
Rare ?
(Nb) ? last recorded at
Widespread in dung and carrion
[Marshes]
Rare in wetlands.
Local in Sphagnum in bogs and wet heath areas.
(PMH)
(Nb) Rare. ?
+
Local in dung
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Widespread in rotting vegetation including compost heaps
Local in wetlands and pond margins in marsh litter.
Naturalised, widespread in manure and compost heaps.
+
Local in dung and rotting grass cuttings
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Philonthus spinipes Sharp, 1874
Philonthus splendens (Fabricius, 1792)
Philonthus succicola Thomson, 1860
Philonthus tenuicornis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Philonthus umbratilis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
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Naturalised, recent immigrant. In dung heaps.
Widespread in herbivore dung
Local ? in carrion etc.
Local ?
? [Marshes] lists
Philonthus varians (Paykull, 1789)
Philonthus varius (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Philonthus ventralis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Gabronthus thermarum (Aubé, 1850)
Bisnius (=Philonthus) cephalotes (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Bisnius (Philonthus) fimetarius (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Bisnius (=Philonthus) nigriventris Thomson,
1867
Bisnius (=Philonthus) pseudoparcus Brunne,
1976
Bisnius (=Philonthus) puella von Nordmann,
1837
Bisnius (=Philonthus) sordidus (Gravenhorst,
1802)
Bisnius (=Philonthus) subuliformis
(Gravenhorst, 1802)
Gabrius exiguus (von Nordmann, 1837)
Gabrius nigritulus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Gabrius osseticus (Kolenati, 1846)
Gabrius pennatus Sharp, 1910
Gabrius piliger Mulsant & Rey, 1876
Gabrius splendidulus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Gabrius subnigritulus (Reitter, 1909)
Gabrius trossulus (von Nordmann, 1837)
Gabrius velox Sharp, 1910
Dinothenarus (=Platydracus) pubescens
(Degeer, 1774)
Ontholestes murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ontholestes tessellatus (Fourcroy, 1758)
Platydracus fulvipes (Scopoli, 1763)
Platydracus latebricola (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Platydracus stercorarius (Olivier, 1795)
Staphylinus dimidiaticornis Gemminger, 1851
Staphylinus erythropterus Linnaeus, 1758
Ocypus aeneocephalus (Degeer, 1774)
Ocypus brunnipes (Fabricius, 1781)
Ocypus fortunatarum Wollaston, 1871
Ocypus fuscatus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
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Widespread and frequent in dung etc. strong flyer esp. on warm summer evenings
Widespread and frequent
? [In dung and decaying vegetable matter]
Widespread in compost and dung heaps
Widespread in compost heaps, and other rotting plant debris.
++
Widespread in moss and litter esp. in woods
>
(PMH)
+
(N) Only county record to date
++
In dung and rotting vegetation
+
Local in rotting vegetation, including compost heaps.
+
Rare ?
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Rom
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>
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Rare.
Rare in open sandy areas near water.
(Nb) Wetlands in litter.
Local in litter and moss near water
? [In litter and carrion] esp. on ?
Widespread in dead wood and under bark in woodland countywide
Local in litter in marshes and weedy pond margins
Rare, in flood litter in marshy areas.
(Nb) Rare at margins of a lake.
(Nb) Rare. Uder dung,
Widespread around mammal dung esp. cow and horse.
Local on dung and carrion
(Nb) Rare.
(Nb) Rare. Open ground with Myrmica ants esp. on heaths, and downland as at
Widespread and frequent in most habitats incl. gardens
V.local in grasslands, & heaths.
Local in grasslands.
Local in open areas esp. on sandy soils, possibly associated with rabbit burrows. Primarily a winter species.
Local on ground in a variety of open grassy habitats
(Nb) Isi [dry sandy grassland and open heaths]
(Nb) ? [Terrestrial, eurytopic]
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Ocypus olens (Müller, 1764)
Devil’s coach horse.
Ocypus ophthalmicus (Scopoli, 1763)
Tasgius (=Ocypus) ater (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Tasgius (=Ocypus) globulifer (Fourcroy, 1785)
Tasgius (=Ocypus) melanarius (Heer, 1839)
Tasgius (=Ocypus) morsitans (Rossi, 1790)
=compressus (Marsham, 1802)
Tasgius (=Ocypus) winkleri (Bernhauer, 1906)
Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heterothops dissimilis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Heterothops minutus Wollaston
Heterothops niger Kraatz, 1868
Heterothops praevius Erichson, 1839
Velleius dilatatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Quedius aetolicus Kraatz, 1858
Quedius boops (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Quedius brevicornis (Thomson, 1860)
Quedius brevis Erichson, 1840
Quedius cinctus (Paykull, 1790)
Quedius cruentus (Olivier, 1795)
Quedius curtipennis Bernhauer, 1908
Quedius fulgidus (Fabricius, 1792)
Quedius fuliginosus (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Quedius fumatus (Stephens, 1833)
Quedius humeralis Stephens, 1832
Quedius invreae Gridelli, 1924
Quedius lateralis (Gravenhorst, 1802)
Quedius levicollis (Brullé, 1832)
= tristis (Gravenhorst. 1802)
Quedius longicornis Kraatz, 1857
Quedius maurorufus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Quedius maurus (Sahlberg, 1830)
Quedius mesomelinus (Marsham, 1802)
Quedius microps Gravenhorst, 1847
Quedius molochinus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Quedius nemoralis Baudi, 1848
Quedius nigriceps Kraatz, 1857
Quedius nigrocaeruleus Fauvel, 1874
Quedius nitipennis (Stephens, 1833)
Quedius persimilis Muls & Rey, 1876
= aridulus Jansson, 1939
Quedius picipes (Mannerheim, 1830)
Quedius puncticollis (Thomson, 1867)
Rom
++
Widespread, under logs and stones etc. in most habitats including gardens
++
+
(Na) ? [Open sandy ground, breckland] Frilford (JMC /JSD)+
Local in disturbed habitats including gardens. Appears to have become much more frequent inland over past
century or so.
Local ground dwelling in a variety of habitats.
Local in woods, heaths etc. 1
Local on ground in a variety of habitats esp. on sandy heaths, but also in ruderal disturbed areas in suburbia.
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Local on ground in a variety of habitats including ruderal disturbed areas in suburbia.
Local in carrion.
(RDBIn) ? referebale to minutus
Local? in compost heaps
Local, though under-recorded?, The most frequent beetle in mole breeding fortress nests.
?
(RDB Windsor
(Na) Rare, in old nests and squirrel dreys in hollow trees etc. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
Rare?
(Nb) Rare in hollow trees etc in birds nests.
Local in wood ant Formica rufa nests. , 1908 Tubney
Widespread in grass heaps, leaf litter etc.
Widespread in grass heaps, also under bark.
Local in wet areas
(Nb) Synanthropic in rotten straw in old stables in
Local in damp litter
Local in woods and carr areas
Rare in decaying vegetation. Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
(Nb) Rare. In subterranean nests of mammals. Moulsford Downs 1997 (PJH)
Widespread in rotting fungi and carrion in woods.
Widespread on ground in open habitats including farmland
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+
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+
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+
+
+
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+
(Nb) Rare in mole nests.
Local. On flooded moss and litter esp. Sphagnum in bogs and fens, and marshy pond margins.
Local, saproxylic in hollow trees etc. also taken at roots of old trees at
Widespread in carrion and compost and grass heaps
(Nb) Rare in dead hardwoods
Local in damp grassland
Rare under bark and in litter in woods
Rare in litter.
(Nb) Rare, in mole nests at
Rare in litter and moss near water. Wytham Wood 1990 (V.Gusarov)
Local on ground in open areas esp. on sandy soils.
++
Widespread on ground in a variety of habitats
(Nb) [Mole nests, more appropriately in the breeding ‘fortresses’!]
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Quedius schatzmayri Gridelli, 1922
Quedius scintillans (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Quedius scitus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Quedius semiaeneus (Stephens, 1833)
Quedius semiobscurus (Marsham, 1802)
Quedius truncicola Fairmaire & Laboul, 1856
= ventralis (Aragona, 1830)
Othius angustus Stephens, 1833
Othius laeviusculus Stephens, 1833
Othius punctulatus (Goeze, 1777)
Othius subuliformis Stephens, 1833
=myrmecophilus Kiesenwetter,1843
Atrecus affinis (Paykull, 1789)
Leptacinus batychrus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Leptacinus formicetorum Märkel, 1841
Leptacinus intermedius Donisthorpe, 1936
Leptacinus pusillus (Stephens, 1833)
Phacophallus parumpunctatus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Phacophallus tricolor (Kraatz, 1859)
=pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1858
Gauropterus fulgidus (Fabricius, 1787)
Nudobius lentus (Gravenhorst, 1806)
Gyrohypnus angustatus Stephens, 1833
Gyrohypnus atratus (Heer, 1839)
Gyrohypnus fracticornis (Müller, 1776)
Gyrohypnus liebei Scheerpeltz,1926
=punctulatus (Paykull, 1789)
Megalinus (=Xantholinus) glabratus
(Gravenhorst, 1802)
Hypogyra (=Xantholinus) angularis Ganglbauer,
1895
Xantholinus elegans (Olivier, 1795)
= jarrigei Coiffait, 1956
Xantholinus gallicus Coiffait, 1956
Xantholinus linearis (Olivier, 1795)
LRom
Rom
Ro/S
ax
Rom
Xantholinus longiventris Heer, 1839
Ro/S
ax
Rom
Lucanidae (Stag beetles) 3 species
SUB
Lucanus cervus (Linnaeus, 1758) Stag beetle
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Local on ground in a variety of habitats
Local
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic in hollow trees etc.
Rare?
Local on ground in open habitats esp. on sandy soils?
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic in hollow trees in wood mould etc..
+
+
+
? Old records from lists.
Local in many habitats at ground level.
Widespread in litter and moss in woodlands
Widespread in many habitats at ground level, frequent in leaf litter.
+
+
+
Widespread in dead wood and under bark in woodlands
Local in grass and compost heaps
Local, but often abundant in the nests of the Wood Ant Formica rufa.
>
+
+
? In compost heaps etc.
Local in grass and compost heaps
Local in grass and compost heaps.
? [In grass and compost heaps]
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+
+
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Local. In dung and compost heaps.
Local. Under bark of pines and firs.
Local in many habitats at ground level
(Nb) Local in nests of the Wood Ant Formica rufa
Local in dung and rotting vegetation
>
?
+
Widespread in dung heaps
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(Na) Rare. Saproxylic in hollow trees, rotholes etc. Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
+
Local in open habitats including ruderal areas.
+
+
Local in woods and open heathland on sandy soils
Common in many habitats at ground level
+
Common in many habitats at ground level
VCH 1907
2005
+
Notes
(Nb) Widespread especially in suburban gardens
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Dorcus parallelipipedus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lesser stag beetle
Platycerus caraboides (L., 1758)
Sinodendron cylindricum (Linnaeus,, 1758)
Lesser rhino beetle
Rom
Trogidae
2 species recorded
SUB
Trox sabulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trox scaber (Linnaeus, 1767)
Rom
Rom
Bolboceratidae 1 species recorded
SUB
Odonteus armiger (Scopoli, 1772)
Geotrupidae
(Dor Beetles)
7 species
Typhaeus typhoeus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Minotaur beetle
Anoplotrupes (=Geotrupes) stercorosus (Scriba,
1791)
Geotrupes mutator (Marsham, 1802)
Geotrupes spiniger (Marsham, 1802)
Geotrupes stercorarius (L.innaeus, 1758)
Dumble-dor, Dor beetle, Lousy watchman
Trypocopris (=Geotrupes) vernalis (Linnaeus,
1758)
Scarabaeidae (Dung Beetles & Chafers)
60 species + 2 sub-fossil
Aphodius ater (Degeer, 1774)
Aphodius borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
Aphodius coenosus (Panzer, 1798)
Aphodius conspurcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius constans Duftschmid, 1805
Aphodius contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)
Aphodius distinctus (Müller, 1776)
Aphodius equestris (Panzer, 1798)
Aphodius erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
SUB
+
Widespread in hardwoods and occasionally in chipboard!
*
+
Extinct
Widespread in hardwoods especially ash.
VCH 1907
2005
+
Notes
(Na) Extinct ? [Under dry carrion]
Local in hollow trees in old bird nests, and also in compost heaps.
VCH 1907
2005
>
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
+
Notes
(Na) Rare, subterranean, comes to light. Wellington College (Elton)
Locally frequent on sandy heaths gathering dung esp.rabbit.
Rare, extinct?
+
+
(Nb) Extinct? [In dung]
ESax
SUB VCH
LRom
Rom
LRom
Sax
Rom?
(Nb) [In dung esp. cow].
Widespread but local in pastures and on heaths on a variety of dung
Rare?
1907
2005
++
+
+
++
++
++
++
++
Notes
Widespread in dung
Local in dung esp. deer in parks. etc.
(Nb) Local on sandy soils.
(Nb) Rare in dung.
Rare in dung.
Widespread in dung esp. cow.
(Nb) Rare? Extinct? on dung in sandy areas
Local in dung esp. horse in shady places esp. on sandy heaths
Widespread in dung esp. cow.
Widespread in dung, but see pedellus below!
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Aphodius fasciatus (Olivier, 1789)
Aphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)
Aphodius foetidus (Herbst, 1783)
Aphodius fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Aphodius haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)
Aphodius luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
Aphodius merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)
Aphodius obliteratus Panzer, 1823
Aphodius paykulli Bedel, 1908
Aphodius pedellus (DeGeer, 1774)
Aphodius porcus (Fabricius, 1792)
Aphodius prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
Aphodius pusillus (Herbst, 1789)
Aphodius putridus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Aphodius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Aphodius rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphodius rufus (Moll, 1782)
Aphodius sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)
Aphodius varians Duftschmid, 1805
Aphodius zenkeri Germar, 1813
Euheptaulacus villosus Gyllenhal, 1806
Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)
Saprosites natalensis Peringuy, 1901
Copris lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhino beetle
Onthophagus coenobita (Herbst, 1783)
Onthophagus joannae Goljan, 1953
Onthophagus similis (Scriba, 1790)
Onthophagus vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)
Serica brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Omaloplia ruricola (Fabricius, 1775)
Downland chafer
Amphimallon ochraceus (Knock, 1801)
Amphimallon solstitialis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Summer or Fern Chafer
Melolontha melolontha (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cock-chafer or Maybug
Hoplia philanthus (Fuessly, 1775)
Phyllopertha horticola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Garden chafer or Bracken-clock
Ro/S
ax
BrAg
e
Sax
Rom
LRom
Ro/S
ax
LRom
Rom
BrAg
e
LRom
Rom
Rom
BrAg
e
Rom
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(Nb) Sub-fossil only.
Local on dung
Local in dung esp. cow on sandy soils
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Widespread in dung esp. cow.
Widespread in dung
++
Widespread in dung esp. cow.
+
>
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+
+
+
Widespread in dung.
Rare much declined in 20th Century, with no record since 1951.
Local on dung esp. horse in the autumn.
(Nb) Rare. Abundant in LRoman times at Barton Court (Rob
Local? see Wilson (2001) this recent ‘split’ comes too early to assess differences with fimetarius
(Nb) Rare in dung on open grassland (parasitic on Geotrupes). F
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*
*
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++
++
Widespread in dung
Widespread in dung
(Nb) Extinct? Newbury (Harwood)
(RDB1) Extinct? [Dung in open habitats]
Widespread in dung, comes readily to light, esp. MV light traps.
Widespread in dung
Common in dung and frequently taken on the wing and drowned in troughs puddles etc.
Ru
(Nb) Rare? On deer dung locally abundant in deer parks but at very low density in woodland generally
(Na) Rare, Newbury Streatley
Local in compost heaps
Local in old parkland introduced in 20th C
(RDB1) Extinct? Tubney 1913 (JJW)
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+
+
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++
Local in dung
Local in sheep and rabbit dung on the , seems to avoid sandy soils in Surrey!
Local on dung esp. on sandy soils
? Last recorded at in 1940s [in dung]
Widespread esp. in sandy areas. Frequently comes to light
(Nb) Rare on open downland, but can be numerous when found.
*
++
(Na)
Local swarms around trees in high summer. Also comes to light
++
Local, declining? Comes to light. Larvae develope at roots of grass etc.
++
Local esp. on heathland and heathy commons, also on downland.
++
Local in many habitats including gardens and rough grassland
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Anomala dubia (Scopoli, 1763) Sand chafer
Cetonia aurata (Linnaeus, 1758) Rose Chafer
Gnorimus nobilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Noble
chafer
Gnorimus variabilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dascillidae
1 species
SUB
Dascillus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
+V
Clambidae (Minute beetles)
SUB
7 species
Calyptomerus dubius (Marsham, 1802)
Clambus armadillo (Degeer, 1774)
Clambus gibbulus (LeConte, 1850)
Clambus pallidulus Reitter, 1911
Clambus pubescens Redtenbacher, 1849
Clambus punctulus (Beck, 1817)
Clambus simsoni Blackburn, 1902
LRom
Scirtidae (Marsh Beetles)
SUB
16 species
Elodes elongata Tournier,1868
=koelleri Klausnitzer, 1970
Elodes marginata (Fabricius, 1798)
Elodes minuta (Linnaeus, 1767)
Elodes pseudominuta Klausnitzer, 1971
Elodes tricuspis Nyholm, 1985
=elongata sensu Klausnitzer
Microcara testacea (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cyphon coarctatus Paykull, 1799
Cyphon hilaris Nyholm, 1944
Cyphon laevipennis Tournier, 1868
Cyphon ochraceus Stephens, 1830
Cyphon padi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cyphon palustris Thomson, 1855
Cyphon pubescens (Fabricius, 1792)
Cyphon variabilis (Thunberg, 1787)
Prionocyphon serricornis (Müller, 1821)
Scirtes hemisphaericus (Linnaeus, 1758)
VCH
VCH
+
++
++
V.local in open sandy areas.
Very local not uncommon in Blackwater Valley
(RDB2) [In rotting wood esp. fruit trees] Windsor
++
(RDB1) [In red rotten oak] Windsor
1907
2005
++
Notes
1907
2005
++
+
Notes
++
++
+
++
VCH
1907
2005
++
Local in grassland esp.on the , on flowers esp. umbellifers.
Local in compost, grass heaps, also in wetlands. Wytham (JJW)
? Wetland species.
Rare [In compost heaps, and other decaying vegetation]
(RDBK) Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
Local in manure, old haystacks, grass heaps.
? In litter etc.
Recent introduction. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
Notes
Local, larvae in streams, avoiding very acidic waters [Also in fens]. Adults on foliage esp. close to water.
+
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Rare. Shaded streams
Local. Acidic flowing water on heaths and Seepages in acid areas in woods.
Hutchin’s Copse 1998 (JSD)
(RDBIn) Rare. Windsor [Breeds in streams, adults on trees and bushes]
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++
++
++
++
++
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++
Widespread in wooded areas. Adults on foliage, larvae in leaf filled puddles and pools
Widespread in wetlands and near streams and ponds of all kinds. Often abundant on foliage.
Local. Frequent on wet heaths, also in fens on peaty soils.
Local. In well vegetated wetlands esp. in reed beds. Adults winter in Typha stems.
Local in poor fen areas, absent from very acid wetlands.
Local. In wetlands especially in areas of acid water on peaty soils, with Sphagnum esp. in open carr woodland.
Rare. Near streams Virginia Water (PJH),
(Nb) Rare in richer wetlands, poor fen areas and marshes.
Local. In wetlands especially in areas of acid water
(Nb) Widespread. Common in flooded rot holes in trees, commonest in areas with abundant large beech trees.
Local. Weedy pond margins, larvae in flooded moss and debris.
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Eucinetidae
1 species
SUB
1907
2005
+
Notes
Notes
Simplocaria semistriata (Fabricius, 1794)
Cytilus sericeus (Forster, 1771)
Byrrhus fasciatus (Forster, 1771)
Byrrhus pilula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Byrrhus pustulatus (Forster, 1771)
Porcinolus murinus (Fabricius, 1794)
Curimopsis maritima (Marsham, 1802)
Chaetophora spinosa (Rossi, 1794)
VCH 1907
2005
LRom
++
++
+
+
+
+
++
+
Psephenidae 1 species recorded
SUB
VCH 1907
2005
++
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
++
++
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
Notes
Eucinetus meridionalis (Laporte de Castelnau,
1836)
Byrrhidae (Pill Beetles)
8 species
SUB
Eubria palustris Germar, 1818
Heteroceridae
2 species
SUB
Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784)
Heterocerus marginatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Limnichidae
1 species
Limnichus pygmaeus (Sturm, 1807)
Dryopidae
6 species
Pomatinus substriatus (Müller, 1806)
Dryops auriculatus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Dryops ernesti des Gozis, 1886
Dryops luridus (Erichson, 1847)
Dryops similaris Bollow, 1936
VCH
SUB
LBrA
SUB
Recent immigrant? Rare. Under pine bark etc in plantations on heathland.
Local on ground in open sandy areas.
Widespread in moss and often on umbellifers.
Rare on heathland and sandy areas.
Local at roots and in moss on open grassland and heaths
Rare on heaths. Tubney (JJW)
(Nb) Rare on heaths.
? [Bare places on sand and chalk] Frilford (JMC/ JSD)
Rare on bare places on the chalk [and sand]
(RDB3) Rare in fens and [seepages] larvae aquatice adults often on sallow blossoms. Cothill
Local on bare ground beside water in sand and clay pits and banks of rivers ( etc), also frequent at light.
Local on bare ground beside water in sand and clay pits and banks of rivers ( etc), also frequent at light.
(Nb) Late Bronze Age at Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
VCH 1907
2005
+
++
Notes
(Na) ? [On logs in rivers] hard to find in deep water and easily overlooked]
(Nb) [Wetlands, pond-margins]
Local in sandy areas on river banks, damp fields etc.
Widespread at margins of water (ponds, seepages etc.)
(RDB3) [Fens]
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(RDB3) Rare at margins of pools on sandy heaths.
Dryops striatellus (Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859
Elmidae (Riffle Beetles)
7 species + 4 sub-fossil
Elmis aenea (Müller, 1806)
Esolus parallelepipedus (Müller, 1806)
Limnius volckmari (Panzer, 1793)
Macronychus quadrituberculatus Muller, 1806
Normandia nitens (Müller, 1817)
Riolus cupreus (Müller, 1806)
Riolus subviolaceus (Müller, 1817) *
Oulimnius tuberculatus (Müller, 1806)
Oulimnius troglodytes (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Oulimnius rivularis (Rosenhauer, 1856)
Stenelmis canaliculata (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) 11 species
Melanophila acuminata (Degeer, 1774)
Agrilus angustulus (Illiger, 1803)
Agrilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1777)
=pannonicus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
Agrilus laticornis (Illiger, 1803)
Agrilus sinuatus (Olivier, 1790)
Hawthorn jewel beetle
Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire, 1835 *
Agrilus viridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphanisticus emarginatus (Olivier, 1790)
Aphanisticus pusillus (Olivier, 1790)
Trachys minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Trachys scrobiculatus Kiesenwetter, 1857
Trachys troglodytes Gyllenhal, 1817
Elateridae (Click Beetles)
43 species + 1 sub-fossil
Lacon querceus (Herbst, 1784)
Agrypnus murinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
SUB
LBrA
LBrA
LBrA
LBrA
VCH 1907
2005
++
++
++
++
++
SUB
VCH 1907
2005
+
++
++
++
++
++
++
Rom
SUB
Ro/Sa
x
++
+
++
VCH 1907
2005
++
++
Ampedus balteatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
++
Ampedus cardinalis (Schiodte, 1865)
Ampedus elongantulus (Fabricius, 1787)
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Notes
Widespread on stones, logs and plant roots in streams
Late Bronze Age Burghfield (Robinson, 1992) [In streams]
Widespread on stones, logs and plant roots in streams
(RDB3) Holybrook Reading in 2003 (JSD)
(RDB2) Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
(Nb) In streams.
(Nb) Rare in streams.
Local in weedy margins of ponds canals and flowing water.
(Nb) ? Extinct? [Canals, lakes, streams]
(Na) [Debris at margins of stil land slow flowing water] 1870
(RDB2)
Notes
Rare on burnt trees (pine & birch) on heathland
(Nb) Saproxylic. Local on oak, hazel etc.
(Na) Saproxylic. Much increased after 1987! Local on large oaks, where the D shaped emergence holes are
charcteristic.
(Nb) Saproxylic. Local on oaks in woods and hedgerows.
(Na!) Saproxylic. Widespread on hawthorn, in hedgerows, parks, etc. Also in Pear trees Pyrus communis
? Recent colonist on oak,
(Na) Rare on sallow etc.
(RDB1) Extinct? On Juncus in disturbed areas in woods and heaths.
(Nb) Local on the chalk on open downland turf, also on acid grassland Bradfield (NHJ)
(RDB2) ?
[On sallows, hazel etc.]
(Na) Local on ground ivy Glechoma hederacea on chalk and clinkery waste ground. >10 post 1980 records.
Rare. [On devil’s-bit scabious Succisa pratensis ]
Notes
(RDB1) Windsor Forest
Local on sandy soils
Local on various rotten stumps esp. pine quite a frequent sight on the large heaths in the west of the
county.
(RDB2) Rare in red-rotten oak.
(Na) Rare in heathy areas on pine, and oak and beech. Dinton Pastures 1997 (AJH)
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Ampedus nigerrimus (Lacordaire, 1835)
Ampedus quercicola (du Buysson, 1887)
Ampedus rufipennis (Stephens, 1830)
Ampedus sanguinolentus (Schrank, 1776)
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++
Brachygonus ruficeps (Mulsant & Guillebeau,
1855)
Ischnodes sanguinicollis (Panzer, 1793)
Procraerus tibialis (Boisduval & Lacordaire,
1835)
Megapenthes lugens (Redtenbacher, 1842)
Hypnoidus riparius (Fabricius, 1792)
Oedostethus quadripustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Panspoeus guttatus Sharp, 1877
Cardiophorus asellus Erichson, 1840
Cardiophorus gramineus (Scopoli, 1763)
Melanotus castaneipes
Cidnopus aeruginosus (Olivier, 1790)
Kibunea minuta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Stenagostus rhombeus (Olivier, 1790)
Athous bicolor (Goeze, 1777)
Athous campyloides Newman, 1833
Athous haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1801)
Athous hirtus (Herbst, 1784)
Athous subfuscus (Müller, 1764)
Athous vittatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Actenicerus sjaelandicus (Müller, 1764)
Ctenicera cuprea (Fabricius, 1775)
Ctenicera pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calambus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Aplotarsus incanus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Selatosomus cruciatus (L., 1758)
Selatosomus nigricornis (Panzer, 1799)
Prosternon tessellatum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Elater ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1758
Agriotes acuminatus (Stephens, 1830)
Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
+
(RDB1) Windsor Forest
(Nb) Rare in dead wood esp. oak, birch and beech.
(RDB2) Rare in white rot in various hardwoods including ash, beech, and elm
(Na) V.local on heathland amongst heather, and under birch and pine bark. Snelsmore Common 2003
(JSD)
(RDB1) Windsor
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++
(Na) Rare on rotting hardwoods. Silwood Park 1997 (MVB)
(RDB3) Rare in oak, beech, ash, and horse chestnut)
++
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+
++
+
+
++
+
++
++
++
++
+
++
+
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++
(RDB1) [In decaying hardwood] Windsor Forest 1993 (DRC)
Rare at margins of water. ,
(Na) Rare in a variety of habitats including wooded gardens
Naturalised Australasian species, spreading on heaths and wooded commons.
(Nb) Local on sandy heaths
RDB app.
Widespread in dead wood, also comes to MV light traps.
Rare on sandy soils.
Local in a variety of habitats esp. near woods.
Local in dead wood esp. beech.. Frequently comes to MV light.
Local in a variety of habitats esp. grassland.
(Nb) Local but on the increase. In disturbed areas including gardens
Common in grassy places countywide
Local in woodlands often under bark, but not saproxylic.
(RDB3) Increasing recent colonist? Particularly frequent on high ground,
Widespread on vegetation in woods, commons.
V.local in wetlands primarily on heaths.
+
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*
+
++
++
++
++
++
(Nb) Accidental import?
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic on a variety of hardwoods
Local in wetlands, frequently swept from tussocks and other emergent vegetation.
Extinct. Near Windsor early 19th C
(RDB3) Rare in floodplain grassland.
Local in open areas esp. heaths
(RDB1) Rare. In hollows in old trees oaks, horse chestnut, esp. in old bird’s nests. Windsor
Widespread esp. in woodlands
Widespread on ground in a variety of habitats
Widespread on ground in a variety of habitats
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++
++
++
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Widespread esp. in woodlands
Widespread on ground in a variety of habitats
Widespread and frequent in most habitats
Local esp. on sandy soils
Local in woodlands
(RDB1)
Widespread, larvae in dead wood
Agriotes pallidulus (Illiger, 1807)
Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dalopius marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sericus brunneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adrastus pallens (Fabricius, 1792)
Limoniscus violaceus (Müller, 1821)
Denticollis linearis (Linnaeus, 1758)
LRom
Rom
LRom
Rom
lBrA
LRom
LRom
Ro/Sa
x
LRom
Rom
Rom
46
Throscidae
5 species
SUB
Aulonothroscus brevicollis (Bonvouloir, 1859)
Trixagus carinifrons (Bonvouloir, 1859)
Trixagus dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1767)
Trixagus obtusus (Curtis, 1827)
Eucnemidae (False click beetles)
5 species recorded + 1 sub-fossil
VCH 1907
2005
++
+
++
LRom
+
Notes
SUB
VCH 1907
2005
++
++
++
++
++
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
+
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
++
++
++
+
>?
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
Notes
Melasis buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
Epiphanis cornutus Eschscholtz, 1829
Microrhagus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792)
Hylis olexai (Palm, 1955)
Eucnemis capucinus Ahrens, 1812
Dromaeolus barnabita (Villa, 1835?)
Drilidae
1 species recorded
SUB
Drilus flavescens (Fourcroy, 1785)
Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles)
recorded
34 species
Podabrus alpinus (Paykull, 1798)
Cantharis cryptica Ashe, 1947
Cantharis decipiens Baudi, 1871
Cantharis figurata Mannerheim, 1843
Cantharis fusca Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis lateralis Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis livida Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis nigra (Degeer, 1774)
Cantharis nigricans (Müller, 1776)
Cantharis pallida Goeze, 1777
Cantharis pellucida Fabricius, 1792
Cantharis rufa Linnaeus, 1758
Cantharis rustica Fallén, 1807
Cantharis thoracica (Olivier, 1790)
Rhagonycha fulva (Scopoli, 1763)
Rhagonycha lignosa (Müller, 1764)
Rhagonycha limbata Thomson, 1864
SUB
Rom
Rom
(RDB3) Saproxylic on old oaks etc. Windsor
Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Local in litter, moss etc.
Widespread in moss litter and in dead wood and hollow trees.
Local in litter and debris.
(Nb) Local. Saproxylic, on oak etc. often on cut ends of fallen/felled trees.
Recent immigrant? In dead wood. Moulsford Downs 1997 (PJH) Drayton Copse 1998 (JSD)
(RDB3) Local,, increasing ? Saproxylic in old oak.
(RDB3) Local, increasing? Saproxylic in hardwoods esp. beech, Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
(RDB1) Saproxylic, in hollow beech
Sub-fossil only.
(Nb) Local. Chalk grassland along
, males strong fliers, often seen in gardens on flowers etc.
Local and primarily
Widespread esp. on trees.
Widespread and eurytopic
Rare, in damp grassland. 1993
(RDB3)
Local in grassland, woods and parkland
Widespread on tree and herbs esp. in woodlands and wooded commons.
Widespread in grassland and on trees and herbs.
Widespread on trees and herbs in woods and commons
Local on vegetation near water.
Widespread in most habitats
Widespread in woods and parkland.
Widespread in woods, heaths, and chalk grassland
Local in wetland areas, margins of lakes, ponds, canals and rivers
Ubiquitous on umbels etc. in high summer.
Widespread on trees and herbs.
Widespread on trees and herbs.
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Rhagonycha lutea (Müller, 1764)
Rhagonycha testacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhagonycha translucida (Krynicki, 1832)
Silis ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)
Malthinus balteatus Suffrian, 1851
Malthinus flaveolus (Herbst, 1786)
Malthinus frontalis (Marsham, 1802)
Malthinus seriepunctatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes crassicornis (Maeklin, 1846)
Malthodes dispar (Germar, 1824)
Malthodes fibulatus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes fuscus (Waltl, 1838)
Malthodes guttifer Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes marginatus (Latreille, 1806)
Malthodes maurus (Castelnau, 1840)
Malthodes minimus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malthodes mysticus Kiesenwetter, 1852
Malthodes pumilus (Brebisson, 1835)
Lampyridae (Glow-worms)
1 species
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++
++
++
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+
+
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+
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+?
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SUB
Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758) Glow worm
Lycidae (Net-winged Beetles)
1 species
SUB
Platycis minutus (Fabricius, 1787)
Dermestidae (Larder beetles and allies)
species (see Peacock, 1993)
Dermestes ater Degeer, 1774
Dermestes haemorrhoidalis Kuester, 1852
Dermestes lardarius L.innaeus, 1758
Larder or Bacon beetle
Dermestes maculatus Degeer, 1774 Hide
beetle
Dermestes murinus Linnaeus, 1758
Dermestes peruvianus Castelnau, 1840
Peruvian Larder or Hide beetle
Attagenus pellio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Two-spotted carpet-beetle
Attagenus smirnovi Zhantiev, 1973
SUB
ESax
(Nb) Local on trees and hedgerows esp. in old woods and parklands
Local primarily on heaths and heathy commons,
(Nb) Rare in woodlands.
Rare on tall vegetation by water. ,
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic in damp woodland?
Local but widespread. Saproxylic, in woods and hedgerows
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic, esp. on trees in open parkland.
Local but widespread, saproxylic
(RDB3) Rare, breeds in red rotten oak.
Rare? [Wet woodlands].
(Nb) Rare in woods on calcareous soils
Rare, saproxylic in woodland.
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic.
Local but widespread, saproxylic
Local but widespread, saproxylic
Rare, woodlands.
Rare. Saproxylic in hardwoods.
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Local in many habitats from grassland to bogs, commonest in calcareous areas with abundant snails..
(Nb) Local, saproxylic, on rotten hardwoods, adult mostly in late summer/early autumn.
? Synanthropic
Synanthropic in bird’s nests and carrion,Windsor Forest 1986 (H Mendel).
Local in carrion bird and wasp nests.
Synanthropic in carrion Windsor Forest 1936
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Rare, on carrion.
Local, increasing, synanthropic in accumulations of pigeon droppings and debris etc.
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Local, synanthropic in houses, warehouses etc. also in hollow trees outdoors.
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Synanthropic
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Attagenus unicolor (Brahm, 1791)
Black carpet beetle
Trogoderma granarium Everts Khaphra beetle
Megatoma undata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anthrenocerus australis (Hope, 1843)
Australian carpet beetle
Ctesias serra (Fabricius, 1792) Cob-web beetle
Globicornis rufitarsis (Panzer)
= nigripes (Fabricius, 1792)
Anthrenus fuscus Olivier, 1789
Anthrenus museorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
Museum beetle
Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus, 1767)
Varied carpet-beetle
Trinodes hirtus (Fabricius, 1781)
Derodontidae (Tooth-necked fungus beetle)
1 species only
SUB
Laricobius erichsoni Rosenhauer, 1846
Anobiidae (Woodworms) 27 species
Ptinomorphus imperialis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Grynobius planus (Fabricius, 1787)
Dryophilus anobioides Chevrolat, 1832
Dryophilus pusillus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Ochina ptinoides (Marsham, 1802)
Xestobium rufovillosum (Degeer, 1774)
Death-watch beetle
Ernobius angusticollis (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Ernobius gigas (Mulsant & Rey, 1863)
Ernobius mollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ernobius nigrinus (Sturm, 1837)
Ernobius pini (Sturm, 1837)
Gastrallus immarginatus (Müller, 1821)
Hemicoelus nitidus (Herbst, 1793)
Hadrobregmus denticollis (Creutzer in Panzer,
1796)
Hemicoelus fulvicornis (Sturm, 1837)
Anobium inexspectatum Lohse, 1954
Anobium punctatum (Degeer, 1774)
Furniture beetle or Woodworm
Xyletinus longitarsis Jansson, 1942
Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus, 1758) Bread
beetle
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Synanthropic breeding in shops and factories
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Slough 1951 (AMM)
(Nb) V.local, Under bark, in old bird nests, spiders webs etc.
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(Nb) Local under bark of trees in spider’s webs etc.
(RDB1) Slough (Woodroffe) Windsor 1986 (JAO)
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Widespread on flowers breeding in debris in nests and buildings.
Widespread on flowers breeding in debris in nests and buildings.
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Widespread on flowers breeding in nests and in debris in habitations
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(RDB3) Rare under bark of trees in spider’s webs etc.
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LRom
Ro/S
ax
Rom
Notes
Introduced and spreading, on conifers
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(Nb) Local, breeds in dead stems of ivy, also on dead oak boughs
Widespread in dead wood
(RDB3) Rare on dead broom Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
Naturalised. Local in dead pine and larch
Widespread on dead, thick stems of ivy.
Local in old timber in buildings and in the wild esp. red-rotten oak in parklands and old woods.
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Vagrant? On pines
Naturalised, found on burnt pine.
Local on pine and firs
Local on pine and firs, native in Scotland, but introduced
Naturalised. Local on and firs.
(RDB1) Rare on field maple Acer campestre. Windsor
(RDBIn) [On dead wood of maple and poplar etc.]
(Nb) Saproxylic [in dead heartwood of various hardwoods]
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Widespread in small dead branches of hardwoods.
(Nb) Local on old Ivy stems in woods and hedgerows
Ubiquitous, in untreated timber in buildings, and frequent in the wild.
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(RDB2) [In oak, broom etc]
Synanthropic, cosmopolitan, occasionally outdoors.
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Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fan-bearing wood-borer
Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius, 1792)
Dorcatoma ambjoerni Baranowski, 1985
Dorcatoma chrysomelina Sturm, 1837
Dorcatoma dresdensis Herbst, 1792
Dorcatoma flavicornis (Fabricius, 1792)
Dorcatoma serra Panzer, 1795
Caenocara bovistae (Hoffmann, 1803)
Anitys rubens (Hoffmann, 1803)
Ptinidae (Spider beetles) 12 species
Gibbium psylloides (Czenpinski, 1778)
Tipnus unicolor (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)
Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann, 1835)
Golden spider beetle
Ptinus clavipes Panzer, 1792
Ptinus fur (Linnaeus, 1758)
White marked spider beetle
Ptinus lichenum Marsham, 1802
Ptinus palliatus Perris, 1847
Ptinus pilosus Müller, 1821
Ptinus sexpunctatus Panzer, 1792
Ptinus subpilosus Sturm, 1837
Ptinus tectus Boieldieu, 1856
SUB
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Synanthropic.
Windsor
Rare in dead wood esp. red rotten oak
(Na) Rare. In hard brackets on alder, beech etc.
(Nb) Rare. In red rotten oak.
(Na) Rare in bracket fungi esp. Inonotus.
(RDB3) ? In the puff balls Lycoperdon bovista & Bovista plumbea. Tubney (JJW)
(Nb) Rare. In red rotten oak. Windsor
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2005
Rom
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Extinct?
Widespread mainly synanthropic but also on birds nests (esp. feral pigeon) and in hollow trees.
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Phloiophilidae
SUB
VCH
Notes
[Cosmopolitan, synanthropic.]
Cosmopolitan, synanthropic.
[Cosmopolitan, synanthropic.]
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SUB
Phloiophilus edwardsi Stephens, 1830
Widespread in a variety of hardwoods
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Bostrichidae (False powder post beetles)
4 species
Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792)
Lesser grain-borer
Dinoderus minutus Fabricius, 1775
Lyctus brunneus (Stephens, 1830)
Lyctus linearis (Goeze, 1777)
1 species
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(RDB3) [Woodland]
(Na) Rare. On dead wood, especially oak, and also on old posts. Wellman’s lakes 2003 (JSD).
Introduced? Extinct.
(Nb) Rare, in old nests, in dead wood, and indoors. Comes to light traps.
(Nb) [In old hollow trees]
Naturalised.
1907- Notes
2005
Cosmopolitan, Synanthropic [in stored products]
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LRom
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2005
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Synanthropic.
Saproxylic, breeds in imported timber and in the wild in hardwoods. Green park 2002 (JSD)
(Nb) ? Rare, saproxylic in oak, beech etc.
Notes
(Nb) Rare, in the fungi Phlebia merismoides on dead hardwood branches.
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Trogossitidae (Bark-gnawing beetles)
1 species
SUB
Tenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cadelle
Cleridae (Checkered-beetles)
11 species
SUB
Paratillus carus (Newman, 1840)
Tillus elongatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tilloidea unifasciatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Opilo mollis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ant beetle
Korynetes caeruleus (Degeer, 1775)
Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius, 1775)
Necrobia rufipes (Degeer, 1775)
Copra beetle or Red-legged ham beetle
Necrobia violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melyridae (Soft-winged flower beetles)
16 species
Aplocnemus pini (Redtenbacher, 1849)
Dasytes aeratus Stephens, 1830
Dasytes niger (Linnaeus, 1761)
Dasytes plumbeus (Müller, 1776)
Dasytes puncticollis Reitter, 1888
Ebaeus pedicularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Axinotarsus marginalis (Castelnau, 1840)
Axinotarsus ruficollis (Olivier, 1790)
Malachius aeneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malachius bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Malachius marginellus Olivier, 1790
Malachius viridis Fabricius, 1787
Anthocomus fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anthocomus rufus (Herbst, 1784) Sailor beetle
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Synanthropic, cosmopolitan
Naturalised Australasian spp. Predates Lyctus in timber.
(Nb) Local in dead wood in woods and hedgerows. Attacking Scolytids.
[Predates Lyctus in old stumps and posts]
(Nb) Local. In hollow trees also in houses attaching Anobiids in timber.
Local, on wide variety of trees attacking bark beetles, including scot’s pine on heaths.
(Nb) Rare in wood attacking Anobiids. Also in Synanthropic sites.
Cosmopolitan [in carrion, old bones etc.]
? [In stored seeds and beans]
Cosmopolitan. Local in carrion, old bones
SUB
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Rom
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Lymnexylidae (Ship-timber beetles)
1 species
Lymexylon navale (Linnaeus, 1758)
SUB
Kateritidae 3 species. For list of published
records see Kirk-Spriggs (1996)
SUB
Notes
(Nb) Rare in ancient wood/parkland.
Widespread and frequent esp. on blossoms (hawthorn etc.)
(Na) Rare in grassland but breeding in dead wood.
(Nb) Local in woods and hedgerows.
(Nb) ? [Grasslands]
Extinct
Widespread, spreading rapidly in 20th C on grass and herbage, breeding in dead wood esp. oak.
Very local develops in dead wood
(RDB3) Rare, in old unimproved grasslands.
Widespread on flowers and herbage. Saproxylic.
(Nb)
Widespread on flowers and herbage.
Local, in woods, parks and rural gardens. Saproxylic.
Rare, locally abundant in tall vegetation near water esp. reed Phragmites beds.
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(RDB2) Saproxylic in heartwood of Oaks.
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Kateretes pusillus (Thunberg, 1794
Kateretes pedicularius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Kateretes rufilabris (Latreille, 1807)
Nitidulidae (Pollen & Sap beetles) 77
species For list of published records see
Kirk-Spriggs (1996)
Brachypterus glaber (Stephens, 1835)
Brachypterus urticae (Fabricius, 1792)
Brachypterolus linariae (Stephens, 1830)
Brachypterolus pulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Brachypterolus villiger (Reitter, 1885)
Brachypterolus vestitus (Kiesenwetter, 1850)
Carpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dried fruit beetle
Carpophilus marginellus Motschulsky, 1858
Carpophilus sexpustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Pria dulcamarae (Scopoli, 1763)
Meligethes aeneus (Fabricius, 1775)
Meligethes atramentarius Foerster, 1849
Meligethes atratus (Olivier, 1790)
Meligethes bidens Brisout, 1863
Meligethes bidentatus Brisout, 1863
Meligethes brunnicornis Sturm, 1845
Meligethes carinulatus Förster 1849
Meligethes difficilis (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes erichsoni Brisout, 1863
Meligethes flavimanus Stephens, 1830
Meligethes fulvipes Brisout, 1863
Meligethes gagathinus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes incanus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes kunzei Erichson, 1845
Meligethes lugubris Sturm, 1845
Meligethes morosus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes nigrescens Stephens, 1830
Meligethes obscurus Erichson, 1845
Meligethes ochropus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes ovatus Sturm, 1845
Meligethes pedicularius (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Meligethes persicus Falderman, 1837
Meligethes planiusculus (Heer, 1841)
Meligethes rotundicollis Brisout, 1863
Meligethes ruficornis (Marsham, 1802)
Meligethes solidus (Kugelann, 1794)
Meligethes umbrosus Sturm, 1845
LBrA
SUB
ESax
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Local on sedges Carex in damp areas, marshes etc.
Local on sedges Carex in bogs, marshes etc. Also on flowers esp. meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria
Local on sedges and rushes in damp areas, marshes etc.
Notes
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Common on nettles Urtica. Spp.
Common on nettles Urtica. Spp.
Local on toadflax Linaria spp. in grassy places including road verges
Rare on Linaria.
(RDBK) Rare in parks and gardens on Antirrhinum 1
Rare in parks and gardens on Antirrhinum.
Cosmopolitan, synanthropic.
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Widespread, synanthropic, in houses and gardens, also at sap in the wild!
Rare in sappy timber.
Local on bittersweet Solanum dulcamarae.
Ubiquitous on various yellow crucifers, also attracted to bright clothing, one of the most common of beetles!
(N) Rare on yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Local on Rosa especially dog-rose R.canina.
Rare on wild basil Clinopodium vulgare on the
(RDBK) [On dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria]
Widespread on hedge woundwort Stachys sylvatica
Widespread on bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Widespread on white dead-nettle Lamium album
(N) Rare on horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa on the .
Widespread on roses esp. dog-rose. Rosa canina
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(N) Rare on corn mint Mentha arvensis.
(N) Rare, on cat-mint Nepeta cataria.
Local on yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon
(N) Rare/Extinct? On wild thyme Thymus
Widespread on white dead-nettle Lamium album
Widespread on white clover Trifolium repens
Widespread on wood-sage Teucrium scorodonia
(N) Rare on marsh woundwort Stachys palustris
Local on ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Local on common hemp-nettle Galeopsis tetrahit
Local on betony Stachys officinalis
Very local on viper’s bugloss Echium vulgare.
(N) Rare on crucifers, charlock Sinapis arvensis & hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Local on black horehound Ballota nigra
(N) Very local on rock-rose Helianthemum on the
(N) Rare. on self-heal Prunella vulgaris.
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Meligethes viridescens (Fabricius, 1787)
Epuraea aestiva (Linnaeus, 1758)
Epuraea angustula Sturm, 1844
Epuraea biguttata (Thunberg, 1784)
Epuraea distincta (Grimmer, 1841)*
Epuraea fuscicollis (Stephens, 1832)
Epuraea guttata (Olivier, 1811)
Epuraea limbata (Fabricius, 1787)
Epuraea longula Erichson, 1845
Epuraea melanocephala (Marsham, 1802)
Epuraea melina Erichson, 1843
Epuraea neglecta (Heer, 1841)
Epuraea pallescens (Stephens, 1832)
Epuraea pusilla (Illiger, 1798)
Epuraea rufomarginata (Stephens, 1830)
Epuraea silacea (Herbst, 1784) = deleta Sturm,
1844
Epuraea terminalis (Mannerheim, 1843)
Epuraea thoracica Tournier, 1872
Epuraea unicolor (Olivier, 1790)
Nitidula bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nitidula carnaria (Schaller, 1783)
Nitidula rufipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Omosita colon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Omosita depressa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Omosita discoidea (Fabricius, 1775)
Soronia grisea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Soronia punctatissima (Illiger, 1794)
Amphotis marginata (Fabricius, 1781)
Pocadius ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1775)
Pocadius adustus Reitter, 1888
=lanuginosus Franz, 1969
Thalycra fervida (Olivier, 1790)
Cychramus luteus (Fabricius, 1787)
Cryptarcha strigata (Fabricius, 1787)
Cryptarcha undata (Olivier, 1790)
Pityophagus ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Glischrochilus hortensis (Fourcroy, 1785)
Picnic beetle
Glischrochilus quadriguttatus (Fabricius, 1777)
Cybocephalus fodori Endrödy-Younga
Monotomidae (= Rhizophagidae)
21
species
Rhizophagus bipustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)
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Rom
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(RDBIn) [Under sappy bark of oak, birch and pine]
(N) Rare, under bark of conifers, and at sap.
Local at sap on hardwoods, and in compost heaps. .
Local in carrion
? [In carrion]
Local in carrion
Local in carrion
Local in carrion
Local in carrion
Under bark of ash.
Local at sap, also at trees attacked by goat mot
(RDBK) Rare, in or near to nests of the ant Lasius fuliginosus. Wellman’s lake 2003 (JSD)
Local in fungi esp. puffballs Lycoperdon spp.
Local in rotting fungi
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(Nb) [At sap including Cossus trees] Bradfield (NHJ)
Local on blossom and fungi
(Nb) Local at sap. . Bradfield (NHJ)
(Nb) Rare, at sap. Bradfield (NHJ)
Rare on pines. Besselsleigh Oxo??
Local at sap, in fungi, etc.
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Local at sap.
New for Britain, at
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LRom
SUB
Widespread on crucifers
Widespread on flowers of trees and shrubs, esp. rowan, hawthorn and Gorse.
(Nb) [In borings of Xyloterus beetles in deadwood]
Rare? [Under bark and in fungi]
(N) on soft barcjet fungi on willows in carr /fen etc. Burghfield Bridge 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) Local at sap. Bradfield (NHJ)
(Nb) [At sap, including Cossus trees] Bradfield (NHJ)
[In fungi]
(Nb) Rare in old woodlands
Widespread on blossoms
Widespread on blossoms
(RDBIn) [Rare at sap and under bark]
Widespread? On flowers, at sap and in fungi
Local on blossoms [and under bark]
? [In borings of ambrosia beetles and in fungi]
Widespread, saproxylic at sap, in fungi and under bark.
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Frequent under bark of many kinds of tree.
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Rhizophagus cribratus Gyllenhal, 1827
Rhizophagus depressus (Fabricius, 1792)
Rhizophagus dispar (Paykull, 1800)
Rhizophagus ferrugineus (Paykull, 1800)
Rhizophagus nitidulus (Fabricius, 1798)
Rhizophagus oblongicollis Blatch & Horner,
1892
Rhizophagus parallelocollis Gyllenhal, 1827
Graveyard beetle
Rhizophagus perforatus Erichson, 1845
Rhizophagus picipes (Olivier, 1790)
Monotoma angusticollis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Monotoma bicolor Villa, 1835
Monotoma brevicollis Aubé, 1837
Monotoma conicicollis Aubé, 1837
Monotoma longicollis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Monotoma picipes Herbst, 1793
Monotoma quadricollis Aubé, 1837
Monotoma quadrifoveolata Aubé, 1837
Monotoma spinicollis Aubé, 1837
Monotoma testacea Motschulsky, 1845
Sphindidae (Dry-fungus beetles)
2 species
Rom
2 species
LRom
Cryptolestes duplicatus (Waltl, 1839)
Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens, 1831)
Cryptolestes pusillus (Schoenherr, 1817)
Cryptolestes turcicus (Grouvelle, 1876)
Cryptolestes spartii (Curtis, 1834)
Notolaemus unifasciatus (Latreille, 1804)
Laemophloeus monilis (Fabricius, 1787)
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Local under dead hardwood bark, in carrion and often subterranean.
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Under dead hardwood bark, also in compost and in large numbers in subterranean traps in gardens and
woodland
(Na) Rare, saproxylic, under sapy bark of various trees
(RDB3) V.local in wood ant Formica rufa nests. Wellington College
? Compost heaps.
? [In grass and compost heaps]
V.local in wood ant nests. Wellington College (NHJ)
Widespread in compost heaps, and other decaying vegetable matter.
Widespread in compost heaps, and other decaying vegetable matter. Regularly comes to light.
Local in decaying vegetable matter.
? Extinct?
Rare?
Widespread in compost & grass heaps etc.
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SUB
SUB
Pediacus depressus (Herbst, 1797)
Pediacus dermestoides (Fabricius, 1792)
Laemophloidae 7 species
Local under bark of many kinds of tree
Local under bark of many kinds of tree
Local under bark of many kinds of tree
Frequent under bark of many kinds of tree,
(Nb) Rare under bark of many kinds of tree
(RDB1) Rare, saproxylic, subterranean?.
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Sphindus dubius (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Aspidiphorus orbiculatus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Cucujidae (Flat bark beetles)
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SUB
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2005
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(Nb) Local, In fungoid wood, feeding on slime fungus.
Widespread, saproxylic. Frequent in summer swarms and in FITs, rarely encountered by other means.
(Na) Rare [Sappy timber and Goat Moth Cossus workings]
Local, under hardwood bark, especially beech.
Local under bark of trees.
Local under bark of hard and softwoods
Synanthropic?
(Na) Rare in dead broom bark,
(Na) Rare. Under hardwood bark esp.oak.
RDB1)
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Silvanidae
9 species
SUB
Uleiota planata (Linnaeus, 1761)
Psammoecus bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Nausibius clavicornis (Kugelann, 1794
Ahasverus advena (Waltl, 1834)
Foreign grain beetle
Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauvel, 1889)
Merchant’s grain beetle
Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Saw-toothed grain beetle
Silvanus bidentatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Silvanus unidentatus (Olivier, 1790)
Cryptophagidae (Silken fungus beetles)
71 species
Telmatophilus caricis (Olivier, 1790)
Telmatophilus schoenherri (Gyllenhal, 1808) *
Telmatophilus sparganii (Ahrens, 1812)
Telmatophilus typhae (Fallén, 1802)
Paramecosoma melanocephalum (Herbst, 1793)
Henoticus californicus (Mannerheim, 1843)
Henoticus serratus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Cryptophagus acutangulus Gyllenhal, 1827
Cryptophagus angustus Ganglbauer, 1899
Cryptophagus badius Sturm, 1845
Cryptophagus cellaris (Scopoli, 1763)
Cryptophagus confusus Bruce, 1934
Cryptophagus dentatus (Herbst, 1793)
Cryptophagus distinguendus Sturm, 1845
Cryptophagus falcozi Roubal, 1927
Cryptophagus intermedius Bruce, 1934
Cryptophagus labilis Erichson, 1846
Cryptophagus laticollis Lucas, 1846
Cryptophagus lycoperdi (Scopoli, 1763)
Cryptophagus micaceus Rey, 1889
Cryptophagus pallidus Sturm, 1845
Cryptophagus pilosus Gyllenhal, 1827
Cryptophagus populi Paykull, 1800
Cryptophagus postpositus Sahlberg, 1903
Cryptophagus pseudodentatus Bruce, 1934
Cryptophagus pubescens Sturm, 1845
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
(Na) Increasing under bark of hardwoods and occasionally on pine. formerly placed in Cucujidae.
Local, in sedge and marsh litter in wetlands. Also in tussocks.
? Introduced, Synanthropic.
Local in compost and manure heaps.
Introduced in stored products.
Synanthropic, cosmopolitan.
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SUB
VCH 1907
2005
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+
+
+
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(Nb) Local under bark, of hardwoods and pine.
Local. Under bark of hard and softwoods.
Notes
Local on Carex in wetlands
(RDBK) Rare? On lesser reedmace Typha latifolia on seed heads, also wintering in stems.
(RDBK) Rare? On Sparganium and Typha,
Local but frequent on Typha on flower heads and hiding in leaf sheaths.
Rare. In flood debris suspended in trees, bridgework wire fences etc.
? Synanthropic, cosmopolitan
Rare, saproxylic. Under bark, at blossoms. Bradfield (NHJ)
? Synanthropic, in cellars, warehouses etc. in mouldy organic matter.
(N) [In pine woodland under bark etc.] Last recorded in 1907?
(RDBIn) [In woodland in squirrel dreys, and bird’s nests, in birds nests and granaries]
? [Synanthropic in granaries, warehouse etc.]
(RDBK) Rare in crumbly dead beech. Windsor High Standing Hill 1987 (ABD) Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in
FIT
Local on dead wood, fungi and in buildings
Local in fungi and haystack and other mouldy vegetable matter.
Windsor
Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
(N) Rare, in rotten wood. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
? lists.
Local in Scleroderma fungi
(RDBK) Rare in trees in debris including old wasp nests. Silwood Park 1998-9 (RGB) in FIT
Local? In decaying organic matter including dead wood and fungi
Local usually synanthropic in haystack refuse, grass clippings, and hotbeds
(N) [Woods, fens and river banks in litter and decaying organic matter]
?
Local? In decaying organic matter. Bradfield (NHJ)
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Cryptophagus rotundatus Coombs & Woodroffe,
1955
Cryptophagus ruficornis Stephens, 1830
Cryptophagus saginatus Sturm, 1845
Cryptophagus scanicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cryptophagus scutellatus Newman, 1834
Cryptophagus setulosus Sturm, 1845
Cryptophagus subdepressus Gyllenhal, 1827
Micrambe abietis (Paykull, 1798)
Micrambe vini (Panzer, 1797)
Antherophagus canescens Grouvelle, 1916
Antherophagus nigricornis (Fabricius, 1787)
Antherophagus pallens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caenoscelis ferruginea (Sahlberg, 1820)
Caenoscelis subdeplanata Brisout, 1882
Atomaria apicalis Erichson, 1846
Atomaria atra (Herbst, 1793)
Atomaria atricapilla Stephens, 1830
Atomaria basalis Erichson, 1846
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Atomaria berolinensis Kraatz, 1853
Atomaria fuscata (Schoenherr, 1808)
Atomaria fuscipes (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Atomaria gutta Stephens, 1835
Atomaria lewisi Reitter, 1877
Atomaria mesomela (Herbst, 1792)
Atomaria munda Erichson, 1846
Atomaria nigripennis (Kugelann, 1794)
Atomaria nitidula (Marsham, 1802)
Atomaria peltata Kraatz, 1853
Atomaria pusilla (Paykull, 1798)
Atomaria rubida Reitter, 1875
Atomaria rubricollis Brisout, 1863
Atomaria scutellaris Motschulsky, 1849
Atomaria testacea Stephens, 1830
Atomaria zetterstedti (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Atomaria barani Brisout, 1863
Atomaria punctithorax Reitter, 1887
Atomaria fimetarii (Fabricius, 1792)
Atomaria nigrirostris Stephens 1830
Atomaria linearis Stephens, 1830
Atomaria lohsei Johnson & Strand, 1968
Atomaria nigriventris Stephens, 1830
Atomaria pulchra Erichson, 1846
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+
+
+
+
+
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+
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+
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+
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+
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+
*
+
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+
+
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(N) Local on dead and fungoid wood especially in Daldinia Streatley (NHJ)
? Last recorded in 1924
Local in decaying organic matter in haystacks, in wasp nests and in carrion. Also synanthropic in houses,
warehouses etc.
Synanthropic in vegetable refuse. [Also in birds nests, and haystacks] )
Local in heathland litter [in rabbit burrows and Bumblebee nests]
Last recorded in 1907
Bradfield (NHJ)
Widespread on flowers of gorse Ulex.
(Nb) [Breeds in nests of Bumblebees Bombus]
Local, breeds in nests of Bombus
Local, breeds in nests of Bombus Bradfield (NHJ)
Rare? In woodland leaf litter at Bradfield (NHJ)
Rare in woodlands. Silwood Park 1999 (RGB)
Widespread and frequent in compost and other decaying vegetable matter
(N) Extinct? [In wetlands] Bradfield Theale (NHJ) Blackwater River SU76 2000 (PHM)
Widespread and frequent in compost and other decaying vegetable matter
Extinct [In wetlands in litter]. Wellington College
Local in decaying vegetable matter
Widespread in compost and other decaying vegetable matter
Rare [In dung and decaying vegetable matter]
Rare? In wetlands in marsh litter
Widespread in grass cuttings etc.
Local in wetlands in marsh litter
? In straw and stable debris.
(N) Extinct [In farmyard debris, cellars etc.]
Widespread and frequent in most habitats.
(RDBK) Extinct? [In farmyard debris]
? [In compost and farmyard debris]
Rare, much declined [On dung esp. in or near woodlands]
(RDBIn) ? In grassland.
(RDBK) Increasing in grassy habitats. Basildon Park 2000 (KNAA)
Widespread in litter, compost etc. frequent in gardens.
(RDBK) Extinct? [In wetlands]
(N) Rare? [In wetlands in litter]
(N) Rare? [In decaying vegetable matter] in horse dung
(N) Rare, declining ? In grassland esp. farmland, on shaggy ink-cap fungi Coprinus cornatus
Widespread in woodland in litter and moss
Local in dung, compost etc.
(RDBK) Rare, on conifers in woodland. Silwood Park 1999 (RGB)
(N) [Compost heaps, haystack refuse.] Little Wittenham 1998 (RGB) Wytham 1994 (RGB)
Local on conifers in woodlands. Windosr (PJH) 1990
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Atomaria puncticollis Thomson, 1868
Atomaria punctithorax Reitter, 1887
Atomaria strandi Johnson, 1967
Atomaria umbrina (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Ootypus globosus (Waltl, 1838)
Ephistemus globulus (Paykull, 1786)
Biphyllidae (False hide beetles)
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Rom
2 species
SUB
Biphyllus lunatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Diplocoelus fagi Guérin-Méneville, 1844
Byturidae (Raspberry beetles)
2 species
SUB
Byturus ochraceus (Scriba, 1790)
Byturus tomentosus (Degeer, 1774)
Raspberry beetle
Erotylidae (Pleasing fungus beetles)
6 species
SUB
Triplax aenea (Schaller, 1783)
Triplax russica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tritoma bipustulata Fabricius, 1775
Dacne bipustulata (Thunberg, 1781)
Dacne rufifrons (Fabricius, 1775)
Phalacridae (Shining mold beetles) 14
species
Phalacrus brunnipes Brisout, 1863
Phalacrus caricis Sturm, 1807
Phalacrus corruscus (Panzer, 1796)
Phalacrus fimetarius (Fabricius, 1775)
Phalacrus substriatus Gyllenhal, 1813
Olibrus aeneus (Fabricius, 1792)
Olibrus affinis (Sturm, 1807)
Olibrus corticalis (Panzer, 1796)
Olibrus liquidus Erichson, 1845
Olibrus millefolii (Paykull, 1800)
Olibrus pygmaeus (Sturm, 1807)
Stilbus oblongus (Erichson, 1845)
Stilbus testaceus (Panzer, 1796)
SUB
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(RDBK) Extinct? [On hardwoods trees]
Silwood Park 1999 (RGB)
(N) Rare,[In woodlands esp. on conifers]
(N) ? [In woodland on fungi]
Rare? In herbivore dung
Widespread in decaying vegetation including hay, and compost heaps.
VCH 1907
2005
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++
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
VCH 1907
2005
Notes
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Local in the fungi Daldina concentrica especially on ash.
(Nb) V.local under bark of hardwoods especially on beech. Streatley (NHJ)
Local esp. on blossoms in the spring
Widespread on blossoms, larvae in fruits of Rubus and a pest of cultivated raspberry etc.
Local, saproxylic. Under bark and on fungi.
(Nb) ? [Saproxylic on old brackets and other fungi on hardwoods] Drayton Copse 1998 (JSD)
(Na) Rare. On fungi and fungoid wood.
Local. Saproxylic. Under bark and on fungi.
Local. Saproxylic. Under bark and on fungi.
(Na) Rare on
Windsor Forest 1985 (PJH) Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
Local on smutted Carex
? Rare [on smutted cereal crops] ,
Local on smutted grasses
[On smutted Carex] see Thomson (1958)
Frequent on mayweeds, tansy and mugwort in rough grassy places
Rare [mainly coastal] on goat’s-beard, & other yellow composites.
? 1995
Rare ? [On Matricaria] , Tubney (JJW)
(Nb) ? [On yarrow Achillea]
(Nb) [On common cudweed Filago vulgaris in marshy areas] Tubney (JJW0
Rare? On reedmace Typha latifolia at margins of water.
Frequent in dry grassy debris
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Bothrideidae
4 species
SUB
Teredus cylindricus (Olivier, 1790)
VCH 1907
2005
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Oxylaemus variolosus (Dufour, 1843)
Anommatus diecki Reitter, 1875
Anommatus duodecimstriatus (Müller, 1821)
Cerylonidae
4 species
Cerylon fagi Brisout, 1867
Cerylon ferrugineum Stephens, 1830
Cerylon histeroides (Fabricius, 1792)
Murmidius ovalis (Beck, 1817)
Corylophidae
7 species
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+
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SUB
LBrA
SUB
Sericoderus lateralis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Corylophus cassidoides (Marsham, 1802)
Orthoperus aequalis Sharp, 1885
Orthoperus atomarius (Heer, 1841)
Orthoperus atomus (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Orthoperus brunnipes (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Orthoperus corticalis (Redtenbacher, 1849)
Orthoperus mundus Matthews, 1885
Orthoperus nigrescens Stephens, 1829
Coccinellidae (Ladybirds) 46 spec
Henosepilachna argus (Geoffroy, 1785)
Bryony ladybird
Hippodamia variegata Goeze
Hippodamia tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
13-spot ladybird
Vibidia duodecimguttata (Poda, 1761)
Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata (Linnaeus,
1758)
24-spot ladybird.
Coccidula rufa (Herbst, 1783)
Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783)
Rom
|rom
(RDB1) Rare, saproxylic. In bark infested with Scolytids/Anobiids. Virginia Water 1970s (AAA)
Formerly placed in Colydidae.
(RDB3) At roots of old trees esp. oak. Bradfield (NHJ) Formerly placed in Colydidae.
(RDBK) Subterranean. Local but drastically under-recorded unless deliberately trapped for (see Owen, 1999)
(Na) Subterranean, as above species (see Owen, 1999)
VCH 1907
2005
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++
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
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+
*
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Notes
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SUB
Notes
VCH
1907
2005
+
(Na) Rare, under bark of hardwoods esp. beech and oak
Local under bark of hardwoods esp. beech and oak
Local under bark of hardwoods esp. beech and oak
Extinct (last UK record 1831). Formerly placed in Bothridiidae.
Widespread in compost heaps under bark etc.
Local in in rotting grass etc.
(RDBK) Rare in timber, and on foliage of trees in ancient woodlands.
Bradfield (NHJ)
Rare on trees in ancient woodlands. .
(RDB3) [Marsh litter in wetlands]
?
? Compost heaps. [Also comes to MV light]. Bradfield (NHJ)
(Nb) Rare in woods [and a garden]
Notes
Recent colonist.
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(Nb) Frilford. Theale lake (JSD)
(RDBK) Extinct? Though scattered sighting in UK in recent warm summers! So may reappear.
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+
1816
Ubiquitous
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Widespread in wetlands, on tall emergent waterside vegetation
V.local in wetlands, often amongst Typha
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Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst)
Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius, 1787)
Clitostethus arcuatus (Rossi, 1794)
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Recent immigrant, Increasing on trees and bushes.
Widespread and frequent, usually terrestrial
(RDB1) Rare.
Stethorus punctillum (Weise, 1891)
Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795
Scymnus femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Scymnus frontalis (Fabricius, 1787)
Scymnus haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1797
Scymnus limbatus Stephens, 1832
Scymnus nigrinus Kugelann, 1794
Scymnus schmidti Fürsch, 1958
Scymnus suturalis Thunberg, 1795
Nephus quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783)
Nephus redtenbacheri (Mulsant, 1846)
Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Mulsant, 1853
Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)
Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Heather ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus (Scriba, 1791)
Kidney-spot ladybird
Exochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pine ladybird
Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata
(Linnaeus,1758)
Water ladybird
Aphidecta obliterata (L.innaeus, 1758)
Larch ladybird
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
16-spot ladybird
Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
2-spot ladybird
Adalia decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
10-spot ladybird
Coccinella magnifica Redtenbacher, 1843
Scarce 7-spot ladybird
Coccinella hieroglyphica Linnaeus, 1758
Hieroglyphic ladybird
Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758
7-spot ladybird
Coccinella undecimpunctata Linaneus, 1758
11-spot ladybird
Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin ladybird
Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763)
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V.local on trees and shrubs
Local on foliage of oak trees
(Nb) Rare.
Local on ground esp in sandy areas.
Local in grassland
(Nb) Rare on sallows and willows.
Very local on young pines
(Nb) Rare on , and heaths, usually on the ground. Also can be frequent in FIT in woodland situations!
Local on pines
(RDB2) Local, increasing. On ivy Calcott 2003 (JSD)
Local in grassland
(Nb)
(Na) Rare? Overlooked? In open grassy places with the ant Lasius niger sens str.
Local on heathland and junipers on the
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Widespread, on various trees esp. ash, alder and sallow.
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Ubiquitous on trees including ash, sycamore and confiers.
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Local in wetlands
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Local on larch, firs and occasionally on pines.
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Widespread and abundant in grassland
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Widespread and common esp. in suburbia.
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Ubiquitous
++?
(Na) Local around the nests of the wood ant Formica rufa
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Local on heathland
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Ubiquitous
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Local, on low vegetation on sandy soils
++
Introduced asian speices Battersea
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Local on pines Pinus,
Rom
Rom
Rom
Rom
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Cream streaked ladybird
Myrrha octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
18-spot ladybird
Calvia quattuorodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cream spot ladybird
Propylea quattuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus,
1758)
14-spot ladybird
Rom
++
Local on pines
++
Local on Ash, Lime and other broadleaved trees
++
Ubiquitous
60
Myzia oblongoguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Striped ladybird
Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) Eyed ladybird
Halyzia sedecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orange ladybird
Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
22-spot ladybird
Sphaerosomatidae
1 species
SUB
VCH
Sphaerosoma piliferum (Müller, P.W.J., 1821)
Endomychidae
6 species
SUB
Holoparamecus caularum (Aubé, 1843)
Endomychus coccineus (Linnaeus, 1758)
False ladybird
Lycoperdina bovistae (Fabricius, 1792)
Mycetaea hirta (Marsham, 1802)
Symbiotes latus Redtenbacher, 1849
Lathridiidae (Plaster beetles)
38 species
Lithostygnus serripennis Broun, 1914
Stephostethus angusticollis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Stephostethus lardarius (Degeer, 1775)
Aridius bifasciatus (Reitter, 1877)
Aridius nodifer (Westwood, 1839)
Cartodere constricta (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Lathridius anthracinus Mannerheim, 1844
Lathridius consimilis Mannerheim, 1844
Lathridius pseudominutus (Strand, 1958)
Thes bergrothi (Reitter, 1880)
Enicmus brevicornis (Mannerheim, 1844)
Enicmus histrio Joy & Tomlin, 1910
Enicmus rugosus (Herbst, 1793)
Enicmus testaceus (Stephens, 1830)
Enicmus transversus (Olivier, 1790)
Rom
VCH
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Local on scot’s pine on western heaths.
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Local on scot’s pine
Widespread and increasing on mildewed leaves of hardwood trees.
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Widespread and common
1907
2005
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Notes
1907
2005
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Notes
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VCH 1907
2005
+
+
ESax
+
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+
+
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+
+
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+
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+
Ro/S
++
ax
SUB
Local. Synanthropic in compost heaps etc.
Local. Synanthropic in manure and compost heaps etc. Formerly placed in Merophysidae
Local on fungoid wood esp. beech and birch.
(RDB3) Rare in puffballs formerly Tubney (JJW)
Local in fungoid wood, compost heaps rotting hay/straw
(Nb) Rare in fungoid wood. Bradfield (NHJ)
Notes
Synanthropic
Rare in decaying plant debris
Widespread and eurytopic, including gardens. [Also comes to MV light]
Ubiquitous, since first appearance in 1950
Frequent in fungi and litter
Local on trees. ? Woodland. .
Local? ? Woodland.
(N) [In fungi in old woods] Silwood Park 1998 (RGB) in FIT
?
?
(N) Local under bark, esp. beech, and sycamore with sooty bark disease.
Local, in litter including grassheaps and old haystacks.
(N) Rare in old woodlands on slime moulds and fungi.
Local in woodlands
Widespread in grasslands
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Dienerella elongata (Curtis, 1830)
Dienerella filiformis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Dienerella filum (Aubé, 1850)
Dienerella ruficollis (Marsham, 1802)
Dienerella separanda (Reitter, 1887)
Adistemia watsoni (Wollaston, 1871)
Corticaria alleni Johnson, 1974
Corticaria crenulata (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Corticaria dubia Dajoz, 1970
Corticaria elongata (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Corticaria ferruginea Marsham, 1802
Corticaria fulva (Comolli, 1837)
Corticaria impressa (Olivier, 1790)
Corticaria inconspicua Wollaston, 1860
Corticaria longicollis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
Corticaria punctulata Marsham, 1802
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Ro/S
ax
Corticaria serrata (Paykull, 1798)
Corticaria umbilicata (Beck, 1817)
Corticarina fuscula (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Corticarina lambiana (Sharp, 1910)
Corticarina similata (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Cortinicara gibbosa (Herbst, 1793)
Melanopththalma suturalis Mannerheim, 1844
Ciidae (Minute tree fungus beetles)
16 species
Octotemnus glabriculus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Sulcacis affinis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Sulcacis bicornis (Mellié, 1848)
Cis alni Gyllenhal, 1813
Cis coluber Abeille, 1874
Cis festivus (Panzer, 1793)
Cis pygmaeus (Marsham, 1802)
Cis vestitus Mellié, 1848
Cis bidentatus (Olivier, 1790)
Cis bilamellatus Wood, 1884
Cis boleti (Scopoli, 1763)
Cis fagi Waltl, 1839
Cis hispidus (Paykull, 1798)
Cis micans (Fabricius, 1792)
Cis nitidus (Fabricius, 1792)
Cis setiger Mellié, 1848
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SUB
VCH 1907
2005
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++
++
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++
++
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++
>
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Local? Woodland. ?
Synanthropic.
Synanthropic.
Widespread in grass heaps etc.
Widespread in garss heaps etc.
Synanthropic. In fungoid materials
(N) Rare. Saproxylic in rotting hardwood. Hutchin’s Copse 1998 (JSD) in Lasius brunneus nest in old oak
?
Rare ?
In compost heaps etc.
?
? Bradfield (NHJ)
Widespread and eurytopic in open habitats in moss, litter,
(N) [Eurytopic and synanthropic]
(RDBK)
? [Riparian]
?
?
Widespread and eurytopic in moss, litter etc.
(RDB1) [Old woodlands]
Rare?
Widespread and abundant in most habitats in moss, litter also on tree blossoms.
Notes
Frequent in bracket fungi esp. Trametes esp. in beech woods.
Local in fungi esp. Trametes versicolor
(Nb) Rare in soft brackets Trametes etc. Sulhamstead Wood 2003 (JSD)
Local on fungi and in fungoid hardwood, esp. on jew’s Ear Fungus Auricularia auricula-judae esp. on Elder
RDB3 Windsor ??
(Nb) Local in bracket fungi on Sallow, Aspen and birch.
Local on oak under bark and on fungoid wood
Local on dead oak branches [also in Polypore fungi on elm and beech]
Rare, in bracket fungi.
Naturalised, Australasian, appeared 20th Century. Local in Birch Polypore Piptoporus betulinus.
Frequent in fungi and fungoid wood esp in soft brackets.
Rare in fungoid wood esp. red rotten oak.
Local on bracket fungi Trametes spp. on hardwoods.
Local on fungi on hardwoods, esp. oak.
Local on fungi on hardwoods
Rare in bracket fungi and fungoid wood.
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Ennearthron cornutum (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Mycetophagidae (Hairy Fungus beetles)
10 species
Pseudotriphyllus suturalis (Fabricius, 1801)
Triphyllus bicolor (Fabricius, 1777)
Litargus connexus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Mycetophagus atomarius (Fabricius, 1787)
Mycetophagus multipunctatus Fabricius, 1792
Mycetophagus piceus (Fabricius, 1777)
Mycetophagus quadriguttatus Müller, 1821
Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus,
1761)
Eulagius filicornis (Reitter, 1887) *
Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hairy fungus beetle
Colydidae (Cylindrical Bark beetles) 11 sp
Aglenus brunneus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Orthocerus clavicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synchita humeralis (Fabricius, 1792)
Synchita separanda (Reitter, 1882)
Cicones undatus Guérin-Méneville, 1829
Cicones variegatus (Hellwig, 1792)
Bitoma crenata (Fabricius, 1775)
Langelandia anophthalma Aubé, 1843
Colydium elongatum (Fabricius, 1787)
Aulonium trisulcum (Fourcroy, 1785)
Pycnomerus fuliginosus Erichson, 1842
Tenebrionidae (Darkling beetles)
29 species + 1 sub-fossil
Eledona agricola (Herbst, 1783)
Scaphidema metallicum (Fabricius, 1792)
Alphitophagus bifasciatus (Say, 1823)
Two-banded fungus beetle
Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius, 1798)
Broad-horned flour beetle
Tribolium castaneum (Herbst, 1797)
Rust-red flour beetle
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SUB
VCH
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LRom
SUB
1907
2005
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++
++
++
++
++
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++
VCH
LRom
ESax
1907
2005
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++
++
++
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++
++
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SUB
VCH
1907
2005
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Widespread on fungi and fungoid wood.
Notes
Local in fungi and fungoid hardwoods
(Nb) Rare in fungi and fungoid hardwoods.
Local in fungi and fungoid wood including gorse. Bradfield (NHJ)
Local in fungi on trees, and under bark.
Local in fungi on trees, and under bark.
(Nb) Local in fungi on trees, and under bark.
(Na) Rare in fungi on trees, and under bark. ,Branbourne Park, 1988 (ABDrane)
Local in fungi on trees, and under bark.
Naturalised, on fungi and fungoid hardwood Reading TDH) Southcote 2004 (JSD)
Widespread in haystack debris and occasionally under hardwood bark.
Notes
1975
(Nb) Extinct? [Sandy ground with Peltigera lichens] Hitchcopse Pit (DJM)
(Nb) Local on fungoid wood.
(RDB3) V.local increasing under bark esp.
Local, increasing under bark, esp. Sycamore with sooty bark disease.
(Na) Rare on fungi and dry deaying fungoid hardwoods Bradfield (NHJ)
Widespread under bark of hardwoods, and conifers.
(RDB3) Local but increasing? Subterranean in gardens and parks >20 sites
(RDB3) Local but increasing? In dead under bark esp. beech, birch & oak etc.
(Na) Rare, declining. On elm predating Scolytids in bark.
Naturalised, Australasian species. Increasingly common under bark incl. pine. Spreading esp.in west of county
Notes
(Nb) Local in fungi, usually Chicken-of-the-woods Laetiporus sulphureus esp. on oak and cherry.
(Nb) Local on fungoid wood esp. elder. Also in old stables.
[Synanthropic in stored grain etc., also in fungi, compost and haystack refuse]
[Synanthropic in stored grain etc.]
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[Synanthropic in stored grain etc.]
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Tribolium confusum du Val, 1863
Confused flour beetle
Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse, 1880
Palorus ratzeburgi (Wissmann, 1848)
Small-eyed flour beetle
Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1796)
Lesser mealworm beetle
Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Black fungus beetle
Corticeus bicolor (Olivier, 1790)
Corticeus fraxini (Kugelann, 1794)
Corticeus linearis (Fabricius, 1790)
Myrmechixenus vaporariorum Guérin-Méneville,
1843
Blaps lethifera Marsham, 1802
Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804
Churchyard or Cellar beetle
Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus, 1758
Yellow mealworm beetle
Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius, 1792
Dark mealworm beetle
Helops caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nalassus (=Cylindrinotus) laevioctostriatus
(Goeze, 1777)
False ground beetle!
Opatrum sabulosum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Melanimon tibialis (Fabricius, 1781)
Crypticus quisquilius (Linnaeus, 1761)
Prionychus ater (Fabricius, 1775)
Prionychus melanarius (Germar, 1813)
Gonodera luperus (Herbst, 1783)
Pseudocistela ceramboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Isomira murina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mycetochara humeralis (Fabricius, 1787)
Cteniopus sulphureus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lagria hirta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetratomidae 3 species
[Synanthropic in stored grain etc.]
[Synanthropic in stored grain etc.]
[Synanthropic in stored grain etc.]
LRom
Local, in Manure heaps also on fungi in wild, also comes readily to MV light.
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Local in manure heaps esp. deep litter debris from chicken farms
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Rare under ash and elm bark with Scolytids esp. Scolytus multistriatus & S. scolytus in elm bark.
Local under pine bark, with Scolytids esp. Ips sexdentatus.
Rare under pine bark with Pityogenes bidentatus.
(RDB3) Rare in compost heaps and grass cuttings. . Formerly placed in the Colydidae.
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Extinct? [Synanthropic]
Synathropic in cellars and stables, declining?
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Synanthropic. In stored flour etc. Often attracted to light.
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Synanthropic in stored flour etc. also in stables
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(Nb) ? [Saproxylic in a variety of dead wood esp. oak]
Frequent esp. under bark on trees esp. pine, also on heather on open heath. Grazes Pleurococcus algae.
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SUB
Tetratoma ancora Fabricius, 1791
Tetratoma desmaresti Latreille, 1807
Tetratoma fungorum Fabricius, 1790
Salpingidae (Narrow-waisted bark beetles)
9 species
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SUB
(Nb) Rare on disturbed sandy ground at roots of plants.
V.local in open disturbed sandy areas on heathland.
Frilford Tubney on Corallian sands
(Nb) Local in rotting wood esp. red-rotten oak.
(RDB2) [Saproxylic]
Local, Saproxylic. Adults on vegetation in rides and woodland edge habitats.
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic on hardwoods, comes to light.
Widespread in woods and commons on flowers.
(Na) Rare, Saproxylic on oak etc. Windsor
Ffrilford on the Corallian (JSD etc
Local on hedgerows, also in open situations in grassland
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
VCH 1907
-
Notes
(Nb) ? [On oak, hazel etc., on branches encrusted in canker fungi Phlebia merismoides, and other fungi].
(Na) Rare on shaded oak boughs on old trees.
Local on fungi and fungoid wood, including birch polypore Piptoporus betulinus.
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2005
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Lissodema cursor (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Lissodema quadripustulata (Marsh, 1802)
Rabocerus gabrieli Gerhardt, 1901
Salpingus castaneus (Panzer, 1796)
Salpingus reyi (Abeille, 1874)
Vincenzellus ruficollis (Panzer, 1794)
Rhinosimus planirostris (Fabricius, 1787)
Rhinosimus ruficollis (Linnaeus, 1761)
Pyrochroidae (Cardinal beetles)
2 species
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+
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+
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SUB
Pyrochroa coccinea (Linnaeus, 1761)
Black-headed cardinal
Pyrochroa serraticornis (Scopoli, 1763)
Red-headed cardinal beetle
Rom
Melandryidae (False darkling beetles)
13 species
SUB
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Hallomenus binotatus (Quensel, 1790)
Orchesia micans (Panzer, 1793)
Orchesia minor Walker, 1836
Orchesia undulata Kraatz, 1853
Anisoxya fuscula (Illiger, 1798)
Abdera biflexuosa (Curtis, 1829)
Abdera flexuosa (Paykull, 1799) *
Abdera quadrifasciata (Curtis, 1829)
Phloiotrya vaudoueri Mulsant, 1856
Melandrya caraboides (Linnaeus, 1761)
Conopalpus testaceus (Olivier, 1790)
Osphya bipunctata (Fabricius, 1775)
Scraptidae 12 species
Scraptia dubia
Scraptia fuscula Müller, 1821
Scraptia testacea Allen, 1940
Anaspis costai Emery, 1876
Anaspis frontalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anaspis garneysi Fowler, 1889
Anaspis humeralis (Fabricius, 1775)
Anaspis lurida Stephens, 1832
VCH 1907
2005
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SUB
(Na) ? [Saproxylic, on Ash Fraxinus, in dying tips of branches high up on trees]
(Nb) Local on dead and dying branches of hardwoods esp. hawthorn and maple
(Nb) Rare on dead wood including pine and beech.
Local on dead and moribund conifers.
Local in burnt twigs especially birch on heathland after fires.
Local on dead and moribund hardwoods, especially hawthorn and beech
Widespread on dead and moribund hardwoods
Local on dead and moribund hardwoods
Notes
(Nb) Widespread, much increased in 20th C? larvae under bark of hardwoods (and conifers?).
Widespread, larvae under bark of hardwoods and conifers. >50 records
VCH 1907
2005
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++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
Notes
VCH
Notes
1907
2005
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(Nb) V.local in bracket fungi, and fungoid wood incl. Pine.
(Nb) V.local in fungi and fungoid wood including Inonotus radiatus on Alder.
(Nb) V.local in fungi and fungoid wood
Local in fungi and fungoid wood and decaying bracket fungi. Apparently very rare in 19th C!!
(Na) Local on dead and dying branches of hardwoods esp. Salix and Populus
(Nb) Local on dead and dying boughs of oak on large trees
(Nb) Rare on bracket fungi Inonotus radiatus on Alder, at Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
(Na) Local on dead and dying boughs of oak on large trees
(Nb) V.local on fungoid hardwood boughs esp of beech and oak.
(Nb) Local on hardwoods esp. oak.
(Nb) Local on dead and moribund oak boughs on large trees.
(RDB3) Rare saproxylic Windsor Forest, Hutchin’s Copes 1998 (JSD)
Windspr in 19th C
(RDB1) possibly the first definite record of this species in Sy.
(RDB3) Rare on old oak trees in parkland esp. those with stag’s horn die back.
Rare, saproxylic, adults at blossoms.
Widespread and frequent, saproxylic, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc
Local, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc
Widespread and frequent, saproxylic, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
Local, saproxylic, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
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Anaspis maculata Fourcroy, 1785
Anaspis pulicaria Costa, 1854
Anaspis regimbarti Schilsky, 1895
Anaspis rufilabris (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Anaspis thoracica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mordellidae (Tumbling Flower beetles)
13 species
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SUB
VCH
Tomoxia bucephala Costa, 1854
Variimorda villosa (Schrank, 1781)
1907
2005
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Mordella holomelaena Apfelbeck, 1914
Mordellistena acuticollis Schilsky, 1895
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Mordellistena brevicauda (Boheman, 1849)
Mordellistena humeralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mordellistena neuwaldeggiana (Panzer, 1796)
Mordellistena parvula (Gyllenhal, 1827) *
Mordellistena pumila (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Mordellistena pseudoparvula Ermisch, 1956
Mordellistena secreta Horák, 1983
Mordellistena variegata (Fabricius, 1798)
Mordellochroa abdominalis (Fabricius, 1775)
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Rhipiphoridae (Wasp-nest beetles) 1
species
SUB
VCH
Metoecus paradoxus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Oedemeridae (False blister beetles)
7 species recorded
Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) Wharfborer
Ischnomera caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ischnomera cyanea (Fabricius1787)
Ischnomera sanguinicollis (Fabricius, 1787)
Oncomera femorata (Fabricius, 1792)
Oedemera lurida (Marsham, 1802)
Oedemera nobilis (Scopoli, 1763)
Thick-kneed beetle
SUB
Rom
VCH
Widespread and often abundant on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
Local, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
Widespread, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
Widespread, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
(Na) Rare, saproxylic adults on oak boughs, also at blossoms.
Notes
(Na) Local, saproxylic on a variety of trees including pine.
(Nb) Local in woods, parks, and open grassland. Saproxylic: Females seen egg-laying in old beech & pine
stumps (JSD)!
(RDBK) Rare, in woodland, adults often on flowers esp. umbels.
Recent immigrant?, first recorded in UK in 1985, now widespread on mugwort Artemesia vulgaris (Levey,
2002).
(RDBK) Rare on chalk downland.
(RDBK) Rare on hedgerows and woods. ,
(RDBK) Local, increasing, on a variety of hardwoods in small branches >20+ post 1980 records
(RDBK) Rare [On yarrow? In open warm areas on grassland] Heron’s Nest 2003 (JSD)
Local in open grasslands esp. on the
(RDBK)
? Recently recognised spp. )
V.local, saproxylic in hardwood twigs etc.
Local, saproxylic, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
1907
2005
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Notes
1907
2005
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Notes
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Local in nests of social wasps Vespidae, sometimes in houses.
Rare, casual import? Primarily coastal on timber in or by salt water.
(RDB3) Rare, in decaying elm and oak, adults on blossoms.
(Nb) V.local, in decaying hardwoods, adults at blossoms.
(Nb) Rare, develops in old soft elm. Adults on blossoms. 1
(Nb) Rare in woods, saproxylic. Comes to light.
Widespread and locally abundant in grasslands and rides.
Widespread and locally abundant in grasslands and rides.
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Meloidae (Oil beetles) 4 species
SUB
VCH
1907
2005
Notes
Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Meloe proscarabaeus Linnaeus, 1758
+
Meloe rugosus Marsham, 1802
Meloe violaceus Marsham, 1802
Anthicidae
6 species
Notoxus monoceros (Linnaeus, 1761)
Anthicus antherinus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Anthicus bifasciatus (Rossi, 1792)
Anthicus floralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anthicus formicarius (Goeze, 1777)
Anthicus tobias Marseul, 1879
Aderidae 3 species
SUB
Rom
SUB
Aderus brevicornis (Perris, 1869)
Aderus oculatus (Paykull, 1798)
Aderus populneus (Creutzer, 1796)
Cerambycidae (Longhorns) 52 species
Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758) The Tanner
Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dusky longhorn
Arhopalus tristis (Fabricius, 1787)
Asemum striatum (Linnaeus, 1758) House
longhorn
Tetropium gabrieli Weise, 1905
Rhagium bifasciatum Fabricius, 1775
Rhagium mordax (Degeer, 1775)
Stenocorus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Grammoptera ruficornis (Fabricius, 1781)
Grammoptera ustulata (Schaller, 1783)
Grammoptera abdominalis (Stephens, 1831)
Pseudostrangalia (=Leptura) revestita
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Leptura (=Strangalia) quadrifasciata (Linnaeus,
1758)
SUB
Extinct?
Hitchcopse Pit (DM)
(Nb) Extinct? Last recorded in in early 20th C when reported to be common!
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
VCH
Notes
19072005
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Local on open disturbed areas on sandy soils. Frilford (JMC det JSD)
Widespread. Synanthropic in compost heaps etc.
(Nb) Rare in compost and manure heaps.
Widespread and frequent in grass and compost heaps, and in haystack debris.
Widespread in dung heaps, compost and grass heaps.
Synanthropic on tips, waste ground etc.
(RDB2) Extinct?? Saproxylic [In fungi and fungoid wood esp. oak, beech and elm] Windsor (JAO etc ??
(Nb) V.local on oaks, larvae in red-rot, adults on foliage [adults favour Elder Sambucus blossom]
(Nb) V.local on oaks, adults often swarming on foliage of outer branches [adults at hawthorn blossom, and
Salix catkins]
(Na) Local, saproxylic in roots of hardwoods and pine, nocturnal, and comes to light.
Local, in conifers esp. pine, much increased since 1950s and largely replaced A.tristis
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Rare, much declined in conifers esp. pine,
Immigrant in England, increasing? Local in conifers esp. pine attracted to recently cut or felled timber
>
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Rare? Naturalised. In conifers esp. larch including felled timber.
Frequent in woods and wooded heaths esp. in pine.
Widespread in hardwoods esp. oak and ash.
Local in woodlands, illusive despite size. Breeds in a variety of hardwoods.
Frequent, adults common on blossoms esp. hawthorn, sloe etc.
(RDB3) Rare on hardwoods in ancient woods and parkland.
(Na) Rare though regular at sites like and Commons.
(RDB1) Rare.
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Local, commonest on wooded heaths, develops in deaying wood and stumps esp. birch.
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Four-banded longhorn
Stictoleptura (=Leptura) scutellata Fabricius,
1781
Pachytodes (=Judolia) cerambyciformis
(Schrank, 1781)
Alosterna tabacicolor (Degeer, 1775)
Pseudovadonia (=Leptura) livida Fabricius, 1777
Rutpela (=Strangalia) maculata (Poda, 1761)
Stenurella (= Strangalia) melanura (Linnaeus,
1758)
Stenurella (= Strangalia) nigra (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gracilia minuta (Fabricius, 1781)
Basket longhorn
Nathrius brevipennis (Mulsant, 1839)
Molorchus minor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Glaphyra (= Molorchus) umbellatarum (von
Schreber, 1759)
Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) Musk beetle
Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
House longhorn
Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Violet longhorn
Poecilium (=Phymatodes) alni (Linnaeus, 1767)
Phymatodes lividus
Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oak longhorn
Clytus arietis (Linnaeus, 1758) Wasp beetle
Anaglyptus mysticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Monochamus sutor Linnaeus, 1758
Mesosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781)
Pogonocherus fasciculatus (Degeer, 1775) *
Pogonocherus hispidulus (Piller & Mitterpacher,
1783
Pogonocherus hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leiopus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Degeer, 1775)
Saperda carcharias (L., 1758)
Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Small poplar borer
Stenostola dubia (Laicharting, 1784) Lime
longhorn
Phytoecia cylindrica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tetrops praeusta (Linnaeus, 1758) Plum
longhorn
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(Na) Rare, increasing? Larvae in beech, oak, and birch.
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V.local, on flowers in woodlands
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Local but widespread adults on flowers esp. umbels
V.local, adults at flowers esp. umbels.
Frequent at blossoms, breeding in hardwoods
Local, but widespread perhaps commonest on wooded heaths
+
(Na) Rare in ancient woodland.
(RDB2) ? In dry twigs and branches including bramble, and wickerwork. Much declined in 20 th C but may be
recovering in last few years with recent records from Kent and Essex?
Imported species, established in wide variety of timber. .
Naturalised, Rare in a variety of trees esp. spruce? Adults visit blossom.
(Na) Rare, breeds in dead and dying woody Rosaceae esp. hawthorn, typically on sickly looking specimens.
Cow Common1998 (JSD)
(Nb) Rare in willows near water.
Rare in timber in houses.
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? [In a variety of trees]
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LRom
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(Nb) Rare, declining.
Introduced in wood in cooperage 1894-1905 in Reading
V.local in variety of hardwoods, including Sycamore, Sweet Chestnut. Often occurs in untreated fence posts.
Widespread and frequent in woods and gardens
(Nb) Local, in woods and hedgeows, adults on blossoms esp. hawthorn.
Alien, accidentally introduced but not established.
(RDB3) Rare only modern record from Fisherlane woods
(Nb) Recent immigrant/intro on pine. Bagshott 2003 (MVB)
Local on wide variety of trees.
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Local on a wide variety of trees, adults esp. on holly
Local usually on oak preferring moribund / dead but attached branches of large trees
? [In thistles and umbellifers, increasing southward?] Dinton Pastures (GAC) Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
+
(Nb) Rare on lime Tilia trees in woods and parkland [comes to ligh traps]
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(Nb) V.local breeds in stems of umbellifers.
Local, breeds on woody Rosaceae esp. apple, and possibly in other hardwoods.
V.local on aspen on damp heathland and woodland rides
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Bruchidae (Bean weevils) 11 species
SUB
Bruchus atomarius (Linnaeus, 1761)
Bruchus loti Paykull, 1800
Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bruchus rufimanus Boheman, 1833
Bruchus rufipes Herbst, 1783
Bruchidius cisti (Fabricius, 1775)
Bruchidius olivaceus (Germar, 1824)
Bruchidius varius (Olivier, 1795)
Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say, 1831)
Callosobruchus chinensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles)
214 species + 3 sub-fossil
Macroplea appendiculata (Panzer, 1794)
Donacia aquatica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Donacia bicolora Zschach, 1788
Donacia cinerea Herbst, 1784
Donacia clavipes Fabricius, 1792
Donacia crassipes Fabricius, 1775
Donacia dentata Hoppe, 1795
Donacia impressa Paykull, 1799
Donacia marginata Hoppe, 1795
Donacia obscura Gyllenhal, 1813 *
Donacia semicuprea Panzer, 1796
Donacia simplex Fabricius, 1775
Donacia sparganii Ahrens, 1810
Donacia thalassina Germar, 1811
Donacia versicolorea (Brahm, 1791)
Donacia vulgaris Zschach, 1788
Plateumaris affinis (Kunze, 1818)
Plateumaris braccata (Scopoli, 1772)
Plateumaris discolor (Panzer, 1795)
Plateumaris sericea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orsodacne lineola (Panzer, 1795)
Zeugophora subspinosa (Fabricius, 1781)
Lema cyanella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oulema obscura (Stephens, 1831)
= lichenis (Voet, 1806)
Oulema melanopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oulema rufocyanea (Suffrian)
VCH 1907
2005
>
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SUB
Sax
Sax
VCH 19072005
Notes
(Nb) ? On vetches Vicia, Lathyrus.
Local on Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
? On imported beans and pulses.
Local on various legumes including cultivated beans
Widespread on various vetches Vicia, and possibly clovers Trifolium spp.
Rare, adults on rock-rose Helianthemum on , larvae in Lotus??
(RDB1) ? Cothill 1923
Recent immigrant, now widespread and well established on red clover.
Local, but usually present wherever decent stands of Broom Cytisus grow.
? On stored beans
? Imported with beans, & lentils
Notes
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(RDB3)
(RDB3) Extinct? Last recorded at 1911 [On Carex in rich wetlands]
(RDB2) Local on Sparganium erectum at margins of
(Nb) V.local on Typha.
(Nb) V.local on reeds Phragmites at margins of lakes and ponds. Searles lane pits 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) Rare on white lily Nymphaea alba, no modern record
(Na) Extinct? [on arrowhead Sagittaria]
(Na) Rare, on Scirpus at margins of lakes and ponds.
Local on Sparganium esp. beside still water.
(Na) Rare on bottle sedge Carex rostrata in bog pools.
Local on Glyceria maxima at water margins esp. beside flowing water.
Widespread on Sparganium at margins of ponds, lakes, rivers and canals
(Na) Extinct? [On Sparganium]
(Nb) Rare on Carex
Local on broad-leaved pondweed Potamogeton natans in ponds and pools.
Widespread on Typha, Sparganium etc.
(Nb) V.local on Carex at margins of ponds and streams
(Na) On Phragmites often hiding in the leaf sheaths
Local in wetlands in acidic areas including bogs
Local in wetlands with richer waters, fens and weedy pond margins.
(Nb) Rare on Hawthorn and allied Rosaceae
Local on Aspen Populus tremulae, and Willows Salix.
Local on thistles esp. Cirsium arvense
Widespread in damp grassland, and wetlands
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Local ? Recently split from next species. Scarcer than next species in my experience.
Widespread? The commoner of the split in Berks, frequent in tussocks in winter
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Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Asparagus beetle
Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli, 1763) Lily beetle
Labidostomis tridentata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Clytra quadripunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cryptocephalus aureolus Suffrian, 1847
Cryptocephalus biguttatus (Scopoli, 1763)
Cryptocephalus bilineatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cryptocephalus coryli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cryptocephalus frontalis Marsham, 1802
Cryptocephalus fulvus Goeze, 1777
Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cryptocephalus labiatus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Cryptocephalus moraei (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cryptocephalus nitidulus Fabricius, 1787
Cryptocephalus parvulus Müller, 1776
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Widespread but very local on asparagus in gardens, neglected allotments etc.
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+
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+
+
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Local, increasing, on various garden lilies
(RDB1) ? [On birch]
V.local on and near wood ant Formica rufa nests, in which the larvae develop.
(Nb) V.local on downland, adults on various yellow composites
(RDB2) Rare, on wet heathland on Erica tetralix Bagshott 1 ). Confused with dark C. bipunctatus.
(Nb) Rare on downland on kidney vetch Anthyllis vulneraria
(Nb) V.local on heathland on birch?, and on the on various trees.
(RDB1) Rare, on hazel and birch, restricted to
(Na) ? On hawthorn.
Local on sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella on sandy heathland. Also on Lotus corniculatus, esp. on the chalk
V.local on downland, adults on various yellow composites
Local on birch and oak.
Local on St.John’s Worts Hypericum spp. esp. on sandy and chalky soils.
(RDB1) Rare on young birch and hazel on .
(Nb) V.local on birch on Lower Greensand and Tertiary heaths and commons.
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(Na) Rare on birch.
Widespread on birch and Salix.
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+
(RDB2) [On hazel, birch, aspen etc.]
Local in woodlands. 1992, 1995
Rare on bedstraws Galium spp. esp,. on sand and chalky soils
+
Local on bedstraws Galium spp.
+
Naturalised and increasing on rosemary Rosmarinus spp. and Lavender Lavandula spp.
+
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? [On black horehound Ballota nigra and plantains]
Rare on Hypericum esp. H.tetrapterum in damp rides and heaths.
Rare On labiates [hemp-nettle in damp areas]
(Na) Extinct? Late Neolithic, Runnymede Robinson (1991) [on Tansy]
Cryptocephalus primarius Harold, 1872
Cryptocephalus punctiger Paykull, 1799
Cryptocephalus pusillus Fabricius, 1777
Cryptocephalus querceti Suffrian, 1848
Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lamprosoma concolor (Sturm, 1807)
Timarcha goettingenis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lesser bloody-nosed beetle.
Timarcha tenebricosa (Fabricius, 1775)
Bloody nosed beetle
Chrysolina americana (Linnaeus, ) Rosemary
beetle
Chrysolina banksi (Fabricius, 1775)
Chrysolina brunsvicensis (Gravenhorst, 1807)
Chrysolina fastuosa (Scopoli, 1763)
Chrysolina graminis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tansy leaf beetle
Chrysolina haemoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolina hyperici (Forster, 1771)
Chrysolina herbacea (Duftschmid, 1825)
= menthastri (Suffrian, 1851) Mint leaf beetle
Chrysolina oricalcia (Müller, 1776)
Chrysolina polita (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolina sanguinolenta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolina staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chrysolina varians (Schaller, 1783)
Chrysolina violacea (Müller, 1776)
LRom
LRom
Rom
Rom
ESax
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(Nb) ? [On plantains] Purley
Local on Hypericum esp. on sandy and chalky soils.
Local on Mentha aquatica & hybrids in wetlands, increasingly occurring in gardens on cultivated mints.
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+
+
+
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(Nb) Widespread on cow parsley Anthriscus
Widespread in damp areas on labiates
(Na) Rare on common toadflax Linaria vulgaris.
Rare? On buttercups?
Local on Hypericum esp. on sandy and chalky soils.
(Nb) Rare on ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea. Frilford 1987
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Gastrophysa polygoni (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ro/Sax
Gastrophysa viridula (Degeer, 1775)
Sax
Phaedon armoraciae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phaedon cochleariae (Fabricius, 1792)
Phaedon tumidulus (Germar, 1824)
Hydrothassa glabra (Herbst, 1783)
BrAge
Hydrothassa marginella (Linnaeus, 1758)
ESax
Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790)
Prasocuris phellandrii (Linnaeus, 1758)
LRom
Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting, 1781)
Cjhrysomela aenea L.
Sax
Chrysomela populi Linnaeus, 1758
Poplar leaf beetle
Chrysomela tremula Fabricius, 1787
Phytodecta decemnotata (Marsham, 1802)
Phytodecta olivacea (Forster, 1771)
Phytodecta pallida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phytodecta viminalis (Linaneus, 1758)
Phyllodecta laticollis Suffrian, 1851
Phratora (=Phyllodecta) vitellinae (Linnaeus,
1758)
Phratora (=Phyllodecta) vulgatissima (Linnaeus,
1758)
Galerucella calmariensis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Galerucella lineola (Fabricius., 1781)
Galerucella nymphaeae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Galerucella sagittariae (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Galerucelal pusilla
Galerucella tenella (Linnaeus., 1761)
Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull, 1799)
Galeruca tanaceti (Linnaeus, 1758)
BrAg
e
Lochmaea caprea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lochmaea crataegi (Forster, 1771)
Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson, 1866)
Heather beetle
Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Luperus flavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)
Luperus longicornis (Fabricius., 1781)
Calomicrus circumfusus (Marsham, 1802)
Agelastica alni (Linnaeus, 1758) Alder leaf beetle
Sermylassa halensis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Phyllotreta punctulata (Marsham, 1802)
=aerea Allard, 1859
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Local on knotgrass Polygonum in disturbed open areas.
Local but increasing on docks Rumex, and Persicaria, esp. along ,
Local on brooklime Veronica beccabungae in ponds and streams
Local on Nasturtium officinale and Rorippa in wetlands including streams
Widespread on hogweed Heracleum sphondylium
Rare. On Ranunculus repens at Radley
Local on buttercups Ranunculus in wetlands and damp grasslands
Local on brooklime Veronica beccabungae in ponds and streams
Local on wetland Oenanthe and occasionally on other plants.
Widespread on narrow leaved Salix esp. near water
Burghfield (Robinson, 1992)
Local on low growing Populus tremula and Salix repens esp. on damp heaths and rides.
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+
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(RDB1) Extinct in UK? Last seen in 1950s
(Nb) Local on aspen on heaths and commons, 12 post 1980 records
Local, but usually present wherever good stands of broom occur.
V.local on hazel, and rowan
Local on sallow and other Salix esp. on damp heathy areas.
Local on Populus esp. aspen P.tremulae
Local on Salix and Populus
++
V.local on Salix and Populus
++
++
++
++
++
+
+
Widespread on purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria at river, stream and canal margins on
Local on sallows Salix.
Local on waterlillies esp. Nymphaea alba
Widespread on various wetland plants Rumex hydrolapathi, Lysimachia vulgaris (‘G.grisescens’ form)
Ox district
Local on meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria esp in damp meadows
Local on wayfaring tree Viburnum lantana esp. on the chalk, and guelder-rose V.opulus.
Local on devil’s-bit cabious in damp grassland Radley
++
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++
Widespread on sallows and other Salix
Widespread on hawthorn
Locally but can be very abundant on ling Calluna vulgaris.
+
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V.local on skullcap Scutellaria galericulata in damp grassland and wetlands.
(Nb) Local on aspen, birch, [oak] etc.
Locally frequent on birch esp. on the heaths and commons
(Na) ? [On gorse Ulex, broom Cytisus, and dyer’s greenweed Genista] ,
(RDBK)
Local on bedstraws Galium spp. esp. on downland
(Nb) Rare on radish Raphanus, and horse-radish Armoracia rusticana
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++
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++
++
++
++
++
?
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++
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Phyllotreta atra (Fabricius, 1775)
++
Frequent on various crucifers
+
+
+
+
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Local on various crucifers
(Nb) V.local on various crucifers.
Local on cuckooflower Cardamine pratense
? On various crucifers
Frequent on crucifers
++
Local on crucifers and weld Reseda lutea
+
+
+
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Scarce on wild mignonette Reseda luteola on the chalk
Local on crucifers
Local on Cardamine and Nasturtium
Widespread on crucifers
+
? Local on crucifers
Aphthona atrocaerulea (Stephens, 1831)
Aphthona atrovirens Foerster, 1849
Aphthona euphorbiae (Schrank, 1781)
Aphthona herbigrada (Curtis, 1837)
Aphthona lutescens (Gyllenhal 1813)
Aphthona melancholica Weise, 1888
Aphthona nonstriata (Goeze, 1777)
Longitarsus aeruginosus (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus agilis (Rye, 1868)
Longitarsus anchusae (Paykull, 1799)
Longitarsus atricillus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Longitarsus ballotae (Marsham, 1802)
Longitarsus brunneus (Duftschmid, 1825)
Longitarsus curtus (Allard, 1860)
Longitarsus dorsalis (Fabricius, 1781)
Longitarsus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Longitarsus ferrugineus (Foudras, 1860)
Mint flea beetle
Longitarsus flavicornis (Stephens, 1831)
Longitarsus fowleri Allen, 1967
Longitarsus ganglbaueri Heikertinger, 1912
Longitarsus gracilis Kutschera, 1864
Longitarsus holsaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Longitarsus kutscherae (Rye, 1872)
+
+
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+
On spurges Euphorbia
Local on marjoram Origanum vulgare primarily on the
Widespread and frequent, wintering on evergreens
Local on the with rock-rose.
? [On purple loosestrife]
? On spurges especially wood spurge Euphorbia amygdaloides
Widespread on yellow flag Iris pseudacorus
(RDB1) ? [on hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum]
(Na) ? On figworts Scrophularia sp.
(Nb) Rare on viper’s bugloss and hound’s-tongue. Hitchcopse Pit
Widespread on legumes esp. Trifolium spp.
(Nb) Rare on black horehound Ballota nigra
(Nb) ? [On meadow-rue Thalictrum and sea aster Aster tripolium] last recorded in 1940?
(Na) Rare on Boraginaceae.
(Nb) Local, increasing on ragwort,, also wintering in ground layer in woodlands.
Local on viper’s bugloss and hound’s-tongue
(RDB1) ? [On water mint Mentha aquatica] Last recorded in 1945?
+
Frequent on ragworts Senecio spp.
(Na) Rare on teasel Dipsacus esp. on
(Na) ? [On Ragwort]
? On ragwort
? [On louseworts Pedicularis]
? On plantains.
Longitarsus luridus (Scopoli, 1763)
Longitarsus lycopi (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus melanocephalus (Degeer, 1775)
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Widespread and frequent on various composites
Rare on gipsywort Lycopus europaeus
Local on plantains
Phyllotreta consobrina (Curtis, 1837)
Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze, 1777)
Phyllotreta diademata Foudras, 1860
Phyllotreta exclamationis (Thunberg, 1784)
Phyllotreta nemorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Turnip flea beetle or Black dolphin
Phyllotreta nigripes (Fabricius, 1775)
Phyllotreta nodicornis (Marsham, 1802)
Phyllotreta ochripes (Curtis, 1837)
Phyllotreta tetrastigma (Comolli, 1837)
Phyllotreta undulata Kutschera, 1860
Phyllotreta vittata (Fabricius, 1801)
Phyllotreta vittula (Redtenbacher, 1849)
Ro/
Sax
Sax
Ro/
Sax
Ro/
Sax
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+
+
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+
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+
++
+
+
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Longitarsus membranaceus (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus nasturtii (Fabricius, 1792)
Longitarsus nigrofasciatus (Goeze, 1777)
Longitarsus obliteratus (Rosenhauer, 1847)
Longitarsus ochroleucus (Marsham, 1802)
Longitarsus parvulus (Paykull, 1799)
Longitarsus pellucidus (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus pratensis (Panzer, 1794)
Longitarsus reichei (Allard, 1860)
Longitarsus rubiginosus (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus rutilus (Illiger, 1807)
Longitarsus succineus (Foudras, 1860)
Longitarsus suturalis (Marsham, 1802)
Longitarsus suturellus (Duftschmid, 1825)
Longitarsus tabidus (Fabricius, 1775)
Altica brevicollis Foudras, 1860
Altica carinthiaca Weise, 1898
Altica longicollis (Allard, 1860) =britteni Sharp,
1914
Altica ericeti (Allard, 1859)
Altica lythri Aubé, 1843
Altica oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Altica palustris Weise, 1888
Altica helianthemi (Allard, 1859)
= pusilla Duftschmid, 1825
Hermaeophaga mercurialis (Fabricius, 1792)
Batophila aerata (Marsham, 1802)
Batophila rubi (Paykull, 1799)
Lythraria salicariae (Paykull, 1800)
Ochrosis ventralis (Illiger, 1807)
Crepidodera ferruginea (Scopoli, 1763)
Crepidodera transversa (Marsham, 1802)
Derocrepis rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippuriphila modeeri (Linnaeus, 1761)
Chalcoides aurata (Marsham, 1802)
Chalcoides aurea (Fourcroy, 1785)
Chalcoides fulvicornis (Fabricius, 1792)
Chalcoides nitidula (L.innaeus, 1758)
Chalcoides plutus (Latreille, 1804)
Epitrix atropae Foudras, 1860
Epitrix pubescens (Koch, 1803)
Podagrica fuscicornis (L.innaeus, 1767)
Podagrica fuscipes (Fabricius, 1775)
Mantura matthewsi (Curtis, 1833)
Mantura obtusata (Gyllenhal, 1813)
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Local on wood sage Teucrium scorodonia
(Nb) Rare on comfrey an viper’s bugloss
(Na) Rare on figworts and mulleins
Local on the chalk on thyme, and marjoram
(Nb) ? [On ragwort]
(Nb!?) On flax Linum. Once rare now very frequent across the county
Local on field bindweed Convolvulus arvensis
Widespread on Plantains
?
Widespread on bindweed Calystegia, riddling the leaves with small holes
(Na) Rare on water figwort Scrophularia auriculata.,
Widespread on a variety of herbs esp. yarrow and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
(Nb) ? [on common gromwell Lithospermum officinale] ,
Frequent on ragworts
(Nb) Rare on mulleins esp. great mullein Verbascum thapsus.
(Na) ? [On hazel]
Recently recognised species in Britain, probably widespread on Lathyris. etc. Windsor Forest area (PMH)
Rare, on heather, Erica, and ling Calluna, and on heathland
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(Nb) Rare on cross-leaved heath Erica tetralix on wet heathland
Frequent on willowherbs and purple loosestrife
? on heathers Calluna, Erica
Local on willowherbs and purple loosestrife
Local on the on rock-rose and salad burnet
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Widespread and often abundant on dog’s mercury in woods and hedgebanks.
(Nb) Rare on Rubus sp.
Widespread on Rubus sp.
(Nb) Local on yellow loosestrife Lysimachia vulgaris and yellow pimpernel L. nemorum.
(RDB3) ? [On bittersweet]
Widespread on thistles
Widespread on thistles
? On Vetches Vicia
Local on horsetails Equisetum esp. in damp grassland
Widespread on Salix and Populus
Widespread on Salix and Populus
Widespread on Salix and Populus
(Nb) Rare on aspen on damp heath and commons.
Local on Salix and Populus
(Nb) V.local on deadly nightshade Atropa bell-donna on disturbed chalky sites on the
Widespread on bittersweet.
(Nb) Rare on musk mallow Malva moschata. Frilford (JMC)
(Na) ? Extinct? [On mallows Malva species]
V.local on downland with rock-rose Helianthemum nummularium
(Nb) Rare on docks Rumex.
+
+
+
+
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+
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+
++
++
+
++
+
LRom
Rom
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
++
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+
+
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Mantura rustica (Linnaeus, 1767)
Chaetocnema aerosa (Letzner, 1847)
Chaetocnema arida Foudras, 1860
Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802)
Chaetocnema confusa (Boheman, 1851)
Chaetocnema hortensis (Fourcroy, 1785)
Chaetocnema picipes Stephens, 1831
Chaetocnema subcoerulea (Kutschera, 1864)
Sphaeroderma rubidum (Graells, 1858)
Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775)
Apteropeda globosa (Illiger, 1794)
Apteropeda orbiculata (Marsham, 1802)
Mniophila muscorum (Koch, 1803)
Psylliodes affinis (Paykull, 1799) Potato flea
beetle
Psylliodes attenuata (Koch, 1803) Hop flea
beetle
Psylliodes chalcomera (Illiger, 1807)
Psylliodes chrysocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psylliodes cuprea (Koch, 1803)
Psylliodes dulcamarae (Koch, 1803)
Psylliodes hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
Henbane flea beetle
Psylliodes luteola (Müller, 1776) *
Psylliodes napi (Fabricius, 1792)
Psylliodes picina (Marsham, 1802)
Psylliodes weberi Lohse, 1955
Pilemostoma fastuosa (Schaller, 1783)
Cassida flaveola Thunberg, 1794
Cassida hemisphaerica Herbst, 1799
Cassida murraea Linnaeus, 1767
Cassida nebulosa Linnaeus, 1758
Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758
Cassida prasina Illiger, 1798
Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776
Cassida vibex Linnaeus, 1767
Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Green tortoise beetle
Cassida vittata de Villers, 1789
Nemonychidae 1 species
Cimberis attelaboides (Fabricius, 1787)
Ro/Sax
>
>
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(Nb) Rare on docks Rumex
(RDBK) ? Grassy rides?
Rare in grasslands. taken by many recorders from 1980s-1996 at least.
Widpearead on various Polygonaceae
Rare. Grassy rides.
Widespread in open grasslands
Recently separated spp.
(Nb) Local on Juncus in damp grassland >10 post 1980 recs.
Widespread on thistles
Widespread on thistles
(Nb) ? [On Rubus?]
Widespread in woods and scrubby places
(Nb) ? [In moss in woods, possibly on foxglove??]
Widespread on bittersweet
(RDB1) ? [On hop Humulus lupulus ]
SUB
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(Nb) Local on thistles Carduus and possibly Cirsium sp.
Widespread on various crucifers
Local on various crucifers
Widespread on bittersweet Solanum dulcamarae
(RDB1) Extinct? Associated with henbane Hyoscyamus niger. ,
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+
+
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+
+
+
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(RDBK) Recent arrival (On cereal crops, also on trees in autumn) Also comes to light.
Local on various crucifers
? On purple loosestrife.
? On Rorippa
(Na) Rare on ploughman’s spikenard Inula conyza on downland
V.local, in open often damp places. Host plant(s) unknown?
(Na) Rare on campion Silene.
? [On common fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica]
(RDBIn) ? [On Chenopodiaceae]
(Nb) Rare on spurreys on disturbed sandy soils
(Nb) Local on yarrow in open grassland including road verges, and ruderal sites.
Widespread on thistles and knapweeds
Widespread on thistles and knapweeds
Local on water mint Mentha aquatica
+
Rare on spurreys
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
Local on pine Pinus spp., often on the flowers
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Anthribidae (Orthocerous Weevils) 8 species
SUB
Platyrhinus resinosus (Scopoli, 1763)
Dissoleucus (=Tropideres) niveirostris (Fabricius,
1798)
Platystomos albinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Bird-dropping weevil
Anthribus fasciatus Forster, 1771
Anthribus nebulosus Forster, 1771
Araecerus fasciculatus (Degeer, 1775)
Choragus sheppardi Kirby, 1819
Bruchela rufipes (Olivier, 1790)
Rhynchitidae (Orthocerous Weevils) 16
species
Involvulus (=Rhynchites) caeruleus (Degeer,
1775)
Twig-cutting weevil
Involvulus (=Rhynchites) cupreus (Linnaeus,
1758)
Lasiorhynchites (=Rhynchites) cavifrons Gyllenhal,
1833
Lasiorhynchites (=Rhynchites) olivaceus
Gyllenhal, 1833
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) aeneovirens
(Marsham, 1802)
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) aequatus
(Linnaeus., 1767)
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) germanicus
Herbst, 1797
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) interpunctatus
Stephens, 1831
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) longiceps
Thomson, 1888
Neocoenorrhinus (=Rhynchites) pauxillus Germar,
1839
Temnocerus (=Rhynchites) nanus (Paykull, 1792)
Temnocerus (=Rhynchites) tomentosus Gyllenhal,
1839
Byctiscus betulae (Linaneus, 1758)
Byctiscus populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
???
Deporaus betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Deporaus mannerheimi (Hummel, 1823)
VCH 1907
2005
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(Nb) Rare in Daldinia concentrica on ash,
(RDB2) Rare on hardwood branches in woods and old hedgerows.
+
(Nb) Local on hardwoods, alder, beech etc. seems to have increased in abundance in past few years,!?
+
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(Na) V.local on trees esp. oak in open parkland, preying on bark coccids.
(Nb) Local on trees including pines, preying on Coccinae. 5 post 1980 sites
Casual introduction, Synanthropic.
(Na) Rare on old dead ivy Helix hederae.
Rare, increasing. On wild mignonette Reseda lutea. Unhill Downs 1997 (PJH)
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SUB
Notes
VCH 1907
2005
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Notes
V.local on rosaceuos trees esp. Cratageus, Prunus and Malus.
+
(Nb) V.local on rowan Sorbus aucuparia and whitebeam S.aria.
+
(Nb) V.local on Quercus in one-year old twigs.
++
(Na) V.local on Quercus in one-year old twigs.
+
Local on oak
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Frequent on hawthorn, also on other Rosaceae Malus, Prunus.
+
Local, on wide range of shrubby, and herbaceus Rosaceae.
+
(Nb) Rare on oak.
+
(Nb) V.local on birch, Salix and Pyrus.
+
Rare. [On wide range of shrubby and herbaceus Rosaceae, esp. Cratageus, Prunus]
+
+
Local on birch, also Salix and Alnus
(Nb) Local on Salix and Populus esp. P. tremulae
+
(Nb) Rare, declining? On birch and hazel.
(RDB3) Rare on Populus esp. aspen P.tremulae.
Frequent on Betula less common on Alnus, Corylus, etc..
Rare on Betula in wetter sites than betulae.
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Attelabidae (Leaf Roller weevils) 2 species
SUB
Attelabus nitens (Scopoli, 1763) Red oak-roller
Apoderus coryli (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apionidae (= Brentidae)( Seed Weevils)
74 species
Apion cruentatum Walton, 1844
Apion frumentarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apion haematodes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apion rubens Stephens, 1839
Apion rubiginosum Grill, 1893
Aizobius sedi Germar, 1818
Perapion affine Kirby, 1808
Perapion curtirostre Germar, 1817
Perapion hydrolapathi (Marsham, 1802)
Perapion lemoroi Brisout, 1880
Perapion marchicum Herbst, 1797
Perapion violaceum Kirby, 1808
Aspidapion aeneum (Fabricius, 1775)
Aspidapion radiolus (Marsham, 1802)
Ceratapion carduorum Kirby, W., 1808
Ceratapion onopordi Kirby, 1808
Ceratapion gibbirostre Gyllenhal
Acentrotypus brunnipes Boheman 1905.
SUB
Notes
VCH 19072005
Notes
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Ro/S
ax
Rom
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+
Diplapion confluens Kirby, 1808
Diplapion stolidum Germar, 1817
Omphalapion hookerorum Kirby, 1808
Exapion difficile Herbst, 1797
Exapion fuscirostre (Fabricius, 1775)
Exapion genistae Kirby, 1811
Exapion ulicis (Forster, 1771)
Kalcapion pallipes Kirby, 1808
Kalcapion semivittatum Gyllenhal, 1833
Melanapion minimum Herbst, 1797
Squamapion atomarium Kirby, 1808
Squamapion cineraceum Wencker, 1864
Squamapion flavimanum Gyllenhal, 1833
Squamapion vicinum Kirby, 1808
Taeniapion urticarium (Herbst, 1784)
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V.local on oak foliage especially on young ‘scrub’ oaks.
Local on hazel
V.local on Rumex acetosa esp. in unimproved grasslands.
Local on broad leaved docks Rumex in grassland on verges etc.
Local on Rumex acetosella on disturbed sandy soils
Local on Rumex acetosella on disturbed sandy soils
(RDB3) Rare on Rumex acetosella on disturbed sandy soils. Frilford (JMC det JSD)
(Nb) ? [On stonecrops]
(Na) Rare on sorrel Rumex acetosa.
Frequent on various docks and sorrels
Local on Rumex incl. R. acetosa
Rare on Polygonum aviculare
Local on Rumex acetosella on disturbed sandy soils
Local on Rumex incl. R. acetosa
Locally abundant on mallows Malva spp.
Locally abundant on mallows Malva spp.
?Rare? on thistles
Local on thistles, knapweeds, and burdocks
?Rare on thistles
RDB1 Extinct formerly on cudweeds Tubney 1905 (JJW)
? [On mayweeds and chamomile]
(Nb) V.local on ox-eye daisy. Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
Local on mayweeds Tripleurospermum spp.
(Na) ? On dyer’s greenweed Genista tinctoria.
Local on broom Cytisus
(Na) ? [On petty whin Genista anglica]
Widespread and frequent on gorse Ulex
Local on dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis, in woodlands
(Na) Local on annual mercury Mercurialis annua esp. on derelict /abandoned sites in London area.
(RDB3) ? [On Sallows in sawfly galls made by Pontania spp.]
V.local on thyme Thymus, mostly on the chalk.
(Na) Rare on self-heal Prunella vulgaris. Kirtons farm 2003 (JSD)
(Na) V.local on on marjoram.
(Nb) ? [On mints Mentha spp.]
Rare on nettles Urtica spp.
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Malvapion malvae (Fabricius., 1775)
Pseudapion rufirostre (Fabricius., 1775)
Sax
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Locally abundant on mallows Malva spp.
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Locally abundant on mallows Malva spp.
Cynapion afer Gyllenhal, 1833
Cynapion gyllenhali Kirby, 1808
Cynapion spencii Kirby, 1808
Eutrichapion ervi Kirby, 1808
Eutrichapion scutellare Kirby, 1811
Eutrichapion viciae (Paykull, 1800)
Eutrichapion vorax Herbst, 1797
Eutrichapion punctigerum (Paykull, 1792)
Hemitrichapion reflexum Gyllenhal, 1833
Hemitrichapion waltoni Stephens, 1839
Holotrichapion aethiops Herbst, 1797
Holotrichapion ononis Kirby, 1808
Holotrichapion pisi (Fabricius, 1801)
Oxystoma cerdo Gerstaecker, 1854
Oxystoma craccae (Linnaeus, 1767)
Oxystoma pomonae (Fabricius, 1798)
? [On Lathyrus] ,
(Nb) Local on vetches Vicia esp. V.cracca.
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Oxystoma subulatum Kirby, 1808
Pirapion immune Kirby, 1808
Catapion curtisi Stephens, 1831
Catapion pubescens Kirby, 1811
Catapion seniculus Kirby, 1808
Ischnopterapion loti Kirby, 1808
Ischnopterapion modestum Germar, 1817
Ischnopterapion virens Herbst, 1797
Protopirapion atratulum (Marsham, 1802)
Stenopterapion meliloti Kirby, 1808
Stenopterapion tenue Kirby, 1808
Synapion ebeninum Kirby, 1808
Trichapion simile Kirby, 1811
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Protapion apricans Herbst, 1797
Protapion assimile Kirby, 1808
Protapion dichroum Bedel, 1886
Protapion difforme Ahrens, 1817
Protapion dissimile Germar, 1817
Protapion filirostre Kirby, 1808
Protapion laevicolle Kirby, 1811
Protapion nigritarse Kirby, 1808
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? [Damp places on Vicia] ,
Frequent on various vetches
V.local on heathlands on gorse, esp. Ulex minor, and possibly U.gallii.
Frequent on various vetches
Local on vetches
V.local on various vetches
(Na) Rare? On Onobrychis vicifolia on calcareous grassland.
Rare on horseshoe vetch Hippocrepis comosa on the chalk.
?On Vicia .
V.local on restharrows Ononis repens and O. spinosa, esp. on the chalk.
Widespread on medicks Medicago
(Nb) Local on vetches esp. V.cracca
Local on various vetches Vicia
Local on various vetches Vicia and Lathyrus
Local but widespread on meadow vetchling Lathyrus pratensis
Local on broom Cytisus esp. on sandy soils.
(Na) ? [On Trifolium]
(Nb) ? [On Trifolium especially small yellow flowered species]
Rare on Medicago [and Trifolium hybridium ]
Widespread, on Lotus corniculatus
Local on large bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus uliginosus in damp meadows and marshlands.
Local on a wide variety of clovers Trifolium in open grassy places.
Local on broom Cytisus esp. on sandy soils.
Local on Melilotus.
Local on medicks Medicago esp. lupulina
Rare, on large bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus uliginosus.
Local but common on the heaths on Betula.
Frequent on red clover
Local on various Trifolium spp.
Widespread and often abundant on clovers esp. Trifolium repens
(Nb) ? Usually found on Polygonum spp.
(Nb) V.local on hare’s-foot clover T.arvense on sandy soils. Frilford etc (JSD)
(Nb) ? [On black medick Medicago lupulina]
(Na) ? [On subterranean clover T.subterraneum]
Frequent on various clovers
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Protapion schoenherri Boheman, 1839
Protapion trifolii (Linnaeus, 1768)
Protapion varipes Germar, 1817
Nanophyidae (formerly part of Apionidae)
2 species
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Nanophyes marmoratus (Goeze, 1777)
Dieckmanniellus (=Nanophyes) gracilis
(Redtenbacher, 1849)
Dryophthoridae 2 species
SUB
Dryophthorus corticalis (Paykull, 1792).
Sitophilus granarius (L.innaeus, 1758) Grain
weevil
Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus, 1763) Small grain
weevil
Erirhinidae 10 species
Grypus equiseti (Fabricius., 1775)
Notaris acridulus (L.innaeus, 1758)
BrA
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Notaris scirpi (Fabricius, 1792)
Tournotaris (=Notaris) bimaculatus (Linnaeus,
1787)
Thryogenes festucae (Herbst, 1795)
Thryogenes nereis (Paykull, 1800)
Thryogenes scirrhosus (Gyllenhal, 1836)
Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1836
Raymondionymidae
1 species
SUB
Ferreria (=Raymondionymus) marqueti (Aubé,
1863)
Curculionidae (True weevils)
308 species + 3 sub-fossil
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(Na) ? [On hares-foot clover] Frilford JJW
Frequent on red and white clover
(Nb) ? [On clovers]
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Widespread on purple loosestrife, in damp grassland and pond and river margins.
(Na) V.local on water Purslane Lythrum portula . Snelsmore Common 2003 (JSD)
(RDB ) Windsor Forest (PMH)
Syananthropic in grain, occasionally found outdoors. Hutchins Copse 1998 (JSD)
Syananthropic in grain occasionally found outdoors Hutchins Copse 1998 (JSD)
Notes
(Nb) V.local on horsetail Equisetum (arvense and palustre) damp places. Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
Local in wetlands on grasses esp. Glyceria maxima
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Local on large pond-sedge Carex acutiformis and other wetland plants including Typha
(Nb) [On large wetland grasses and sedges]
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Local in wetlands on sedges?
Local on spike-rush Eleocharis palustris
(Nb) Rare on bur-reeds Sparganium spp.
Very local on water fern Azolla, but usually present on good colonies of the host plant.
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1950 2004
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Subterranean
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Archarius (=Curculio) pyrrhoceras Marsham,
1802
Archarius (=Curculio) salicivorus Paykull, 1792
Archarius (=Curculio) villosus Fabricius, 1781
Curculio betulae (Stephens, 1831)
Curculio glandium Marsham, 1802
Curculio nucum Linnaeus, 1758
Curculio rubidus (Gyllenhal, 1836)
Curculio venosus (Gravenhorst, 1807)
Acalyptus carpini (Fabricius, 1792)
Anoplus plantaris (Naezen, 1794)
Anoplus roboris Suffrian, 1840
Anthonomus bituberculatus Thomson, 1868
Anthonomus brunnipennis (Curtis, 1840)
Anthonomus chevrolati Desbrochers, 1868
Anthonomus humeralis (Panzer, 1795)
Anthonomus pedicularius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anthonomus piri Kollar, 1837
Anthonomus pomorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Apple blossom weevil
Anthonomus rubi (Herbst, 1795)
Anthonomus ulmi (Degeer, 1775)
Cionus alauda (Herbst, 1784)
Cionus hortulanus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Cionus nigritarsis Reitter, 1904
Cionus scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cionus tuberculosus (Scopoli, 1763)
Cleopus pulchellus (Herbst, 1795)
Ellescus bipunctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Dorytomus dejeani Faust, 1882
Dorytomus hirtipennis Bedel, 1884
Dorytomus ictor (Herbst, 1795)
Dorytomus longimanus (Forster, 1771)
Dorytomus melanophthalmus (Payk, 1792)
Dorytomus rufatus (Bedel, 1888)
Dorytomus taeniatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Dorytomus tortrix (Linnaeus, 1761)
Dorytomus tremulae (Fabricius, 1787)
Cleopomiarus (=Miarus) graminis (Gyllenhal,
1813)
Cleopomiarus (=Miarus) plantarum (Germar,
1824)
Gymnetron beccabungae (L., 1761)
Gymnetron melanarium (Germar, 1821)
Gymnetron rostellum (Herbst, 1795)
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Widespread on oak, developing in currant galls made by the wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum (Hym.,
Cynipidae).
Widespread on Salix, developing in galls made by the Pontania saw-flies.
(Nb) Rare on oak, in galls made by Biorhiza pallida (Hym., Cynipidae)
(Nb) Rare on birch. Windsor 1991
Widespread on oak
Local on hazel. Declining? Possibly due to paucity of nuts, due to competition with grey squirrel ??
(Nb) Rare on birch.
Local on oak
(Nb) Rare on Salix in wetlands.
Widespread on birch
(Nb) Local on alder.
Rare on hawthorn. ,
Rare on tormentil Potentilla erecta.
(RDBK) ? [On hawthorn and possibly Sorbus]
(RDBK) Rare on crab apple Malus.
Widespread on hawthorn
(RDB3) ? [On fruit trees esp. Apple]
Local on Apple Malus sp.
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Widespread on Rosaceae
(Nb) Rare on elm
Widespread on figworts Scrophularia nodosa and S.auriculata. Also on Mulleins including V.blattaria
Widespread on mulleins and figworts [occasionally on Buddleja]
(Na) Rare on dark mullein Verbascum nigrum on the chalk.
Local on figworts, including introduced garden spp. and occasionally on Buddleja.
Local on water figwort S.auriculata [and occasionally on S.nodosa]
Local on figworts and mulleins. Abundant on moth mullein Verbascum blattaria
(Nb) ? On willows in damp areas esp. heaths.
Local on aspen.
(Na) [On willows in wet woods]
(Nb) Rare on poplars esp. hybrid black poplars.
Local on poplars Populus.
Rare? on Salix.
Local on Salix spp.
Widespread on Salix
Rare on aspen
(Nb) Rare on aspen esp. large trees. Also on White Poplar P.alba.
(Nb) Rare on Campanula on the
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(Na) ? Burghfield (Robinson 1992 )
(Nb) Rare on germander speedwell Veronica chamaedrys.
(Na) ? [On a variety of plants including Matricaria, Filago and possibly Veronica chaemaedrys]
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(Nb) Rare on brooklime Veronica beccabungae.
(Nb) Local on water speedwells [and hybrid].
(Nb) Rare on plantains.
Rare on plantains.
Widespread on plantains Plantago spp.
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Local on plantains in open dry areas.
Miarus campanulae (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Rare breeds on Campanula esp. C. glomerata] on the , [harebell C. rotundifolia ], Adults also at yellow
composites.
Rhinusa (=Gymnetron) antirrhini (Paykull, 1800)
Rhinusa (=Gymnetron) collina (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Rhinusa (=Gymnetron) linariae (Panzer, 1795)
Isochnus (=Rhynchaenus) populicola (Silfverberg,
1977) *
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) alni (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) fagi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) iota (Fabricius,, 1787)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) pilosus (Fabricius,
1781)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) quercus (Linnaeus,
1758)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) rusci (Herbst, 1795)
Orchestes (=Rhynchaenus) signifer (Creutzer,
1799) =avellanae (Donovan, 1797)
Pseudorchestes (=Rhynchaenus) pratensis
(Germar, 1821)
Ramphus oxyacanthae (Marsham, 1802)
Ramphus pulicarius (Herbst, 1795)
Tachyerges (=Rhynchaenus) pseudostigma
Tempere, 1982
Tachyerges (=Rhynchaenus) salicis (Linnaeus,
1758)
Tachyerges (=Rhynchaenus) stigma (Germar,
1821)
Smicronyx jungermanniae (Reich, 1797)
Smicronyx reichi (Gyllenhal, 1836)
Orthochaetes insignis (Aubé, 1863)
Orthochaetes setiger (Beck, 1817)
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Local on common toadflax Linaria vulgaris
(Na) rare on common toadflax Linaria vulgaris
(Na) Rare on common toadflax Linaria vulgaris
Rare? On crack willow Salix fragilis.
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Local on elm Ulmus
Widespread and frequent on beech, wintering in holes and crevices in trees.
(Nb) Rare, but locally abundant on bog myrtle Myrica gale on the Tertiary heaths.
Widespread on oak
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Widespread on birch
Local on hazel and oak
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(Nb) Rare on common knapweed Centaurea nigra.
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Widespread on hawthorn and other Rosaceae
Local on Salix
(RDBK) Rare leaf-miner on Salix.
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Local on Salix
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Local on willows and alder
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(Nb) V.local on dodder Cuscuta on heaths on Calluna, and on and richer grasslands on Lotus etc.
(RDB3) Rare on centaury Centarium erythraea esp.on chalk grassland.
(Nb) Rare in litter/moss on open grassland esp. downland
(Nb) Local in litter/moss on open grassland esp. downland, [but also in woodlands with bluebells]
Gymnetron veronicae (Germar, 1821)
Gymnetron villosulum Gyllenhal, 1838
Mecinus circulatus (Marsham, 1802)
Mecinus (=Gymnetron) labile (Herbst, 1795)
Mecinus (= Gymnetron) pascuorum (Gyllenhal,
1813)
Mecinus pyraster (Herbst, 1795)
Pseudostyphlus pillumus (Gyllenhal, 1836)
Sibinia potentillae Germar, 1824
Sibinia primitus (Herbst, 1795)
Tychius junceus (Reich, 1797)
Tychius lineatulus Stephens, 1831
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(Na) On scented mayweed Matricaria recutita]
(Nb) Rare on spurreys.
(Nb) Local on spurreys etc. esp. on disturbed sandy grounds. Snelsmore Common, Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
Local on various small legumes
(Na) Rare on zig-zag clover Trifolium medium.
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Tychius meliloti Stephens, 1831
Tychius parallelus (Panzer, 1794)
Tychius picirostris (Fabricius, 1787)
Tychius polylineatus (Germar, 1824)
Tychius pusillus Germar, 1842
Tychius schneideri (Herbst, 1795)
Tychius squamulatus (Gyllenhal, 1836)
Tychius stephensi Gyllenhal, 1836
Bagous binodulus (Herbst, 1795)
Bagous limosus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Bagous longitarsis Thomson, 1868
Bagous glabrirostris (Herbst, 1795)
Bagous lutulentus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Bagous tempestivus (Herbst, 1795)
Bagous (=Hydronomus) alismatis (Marsham,
1802)
Baris lepidii Germar, 1824
Baris picicornis (Marsham, 1802)
Limnobaris dolobrosa (Goeze, 1777)
Limnobaris pilistriata (Stephens, 1831)
Limnobaris t-album (Linnaeus., 1758)
Amalorrhynchus melanarius (Stephens, 1831)
Amalus scortillum (Herbst, 1795)
Calosirus terminatus (Herbst, 1795)
Ceutorhynchus alliariae Brisout, 1860
Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull, 1792)
Cabbage seed weevil
Ceutorhynchus atomus Boheman, 1845
Ceutorhynchus chalybaeus Germar, 1824
Ceutorhynchus cochleariae (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Ceutorhynchus constrictus (Marsham, 1802)
Ceutorhynchus contractus (Marsham, 1802)
Ceutorhynchus erysimi (Fabricius, 1787)
Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus (Marsham, 1802)
Cabbage stem weevil
Ceutorhynchus pectoralis Weise, 1895
Ceutorhynchus pervicax Weise, 1883
Ceutorhynchus picitarsis Gyllenhal, 1837
Ceutorhynchus pleurostigma (Marsham,1802)
Cabbage gall weevil
Ceutorhynchus pyrrhorhynchus (Marsham, 1802)
Ceutorhynchus rapae Gyllenhal, 1837
Ceutorhynchus resedae (Marsham, 1802)
Ceutorhynchus sulcicollis (Paykull, 1800
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Local on melilots
(Na) ? [On Broom] ,
Widespread and frequent on clovers
(RDBK) Rare [on downland on red clover]
(Nb) Local on disturbed groun on small Trifolium sp. Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) Rare on downland on Kidney Vetch
(Nb) Rare on the on bird’s-foot trefoil, and possibly Kidney Vetch.
Rare on Trifoliums.
Extinct in UK? [On water soldier Stratiotes aloides]
(Nb) Rare on pondweed Potamogeton natans.
(RDB1) ? [On Myriophyllum]
(Nb) [On hornworts Ceratophyllum sp.]
(Nb) Rare on water horsetail Equisetum fluviatile from which it can occasionally be swept.
(Nb) Rare on creeping buttercup Ranunculus repens.
(Nb) Rare on water Plantain Alisma plantago-aquatica
(Na) Rare on various crucifers in wetland areas esp. riverbanks as at
(Nb) Rare on wild mignonette Reseda lutea on chalky soils
Extinct in UK.
Local on sedges Carex in wetlands
Local on sedges Carex in wetlands
Local on water-cress Nasturtium spp. esp. on plants growing over flowing water
Local on knotgrass P.aviculare in open disturbed areas including old industrial sites. Heron’s Nest 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) Rare on wild carrot Daucus carota. Heron’s Nest 2003 (JSD)
Local on garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata on hedgebanks, verges etc
Widespread on various crucifers esp. Brassica, Sisymbrium etc.
(Na) Rare on thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana on disturbed sandy soils. Tubney (JEC)
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? On hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale.
? On Cardamine sp.
(Nb) Rare on garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata
? On hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale
Widespread on crucifers
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Widespread on crucifers
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? [On crucifers]
(Na) Rare on cuckooflower Cardamine pratense.
? On hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale
? [On brassicas]
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Local on hedge mustard Sisymbrium officinale
(Nb) Rare on various crucifers.
(Nb) ? [On weld Reseda luteola]
Rare? On various crucifers
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Ceutorhynchus thomsoni Kolbe, 1900
Ceutorhynchus turbatus Schultze, 1903
Ceutorhynchus typhae (Herbst, 1795)
= floralis (Paykull, 1792)
Coeliodes rana (Fabricius, 1787)
=dryados (Gmelin, 1790)
Coeliodes transversealbofasciatus (Goeze, 1777)
= erythroleucos (Gmelin, 1790)
Coeliodes ruber (Marsham, 1802)
Coeliodinus (=Coeliodes) rubicundus (Herbst,
1795)
Datonychus melanostictus (Marsham, 1802)
Datonychus urticae Boheman, 1845
Drupenatus nasturtii (Germar, 1824)
Glocianus distinctus (Brisout, 1870)
Glocianus moelleri Thomson, 1868
Glocianus pilosellus Gyllenhal, 1837
Glocianus punctiger Sahlberg, 1835
Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius, 1775)
Hadroplontus trimaculatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Micrelus ericae (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Microplontus campestris Gyllenhal, 1837
Microplontus rugulosus (Herbst, 1795)
Microplontus triangulum Boheman, 1845
Mogulones asperifoliarum (Gyllenhal, 1813
Mogulones euphorbiae Brisout, 1866
Mogulones geographicus (Goeze, 1777)
Nedyus quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parethelcus pollinarius (Forster, 1771)
Trichosirocalus rufulus (Dufour, 1851)
Trichosirocalus troglodytes (Fabricius, 1787)
Zacladus exiguus (Olivier, 1807)
(RDBK) ? [On garlic mustard Alliaria petiolata]
Rare on hoary cress Cardaria draba
Local on crucifers. Until recently known in Britain as C.floralis
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Local on oak
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(Nb) Rare on oak
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Local on oak
(Nb) Rare on birch
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Local on gypsywort Lycopus europaeus, and water mint Mentha aquatica and hybrids near water
(RDB3) [On woundwort Stachys] ,
(Nb) Local on water-cress Nasturtium spp. esp. on plants growing over flowing water
Local on small yellow composites in open grassland
(RDBK) Rare.
(RDB2) Extinct? [Open sandy grassland] Hitchcopse Pit (DC)
(Nb) Rare on dandelions Taraxacum spp.
Local on thistles Cirsium spp.
(Nb) Extinct? [On musk thistle Carduus natans] , ,
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Poophagus sisymbrii (Fabricius, 1777)
Sirocalodes depressicollis (Gyllenhal, 1813
Sirocalodes mixtus (Mulsant & Rey, 1858)
Stenocarus umbrinus (Gyllenhal, 1837)
Tapeinotus sellatus (Fabricius, 1794)
Thamiocolus viduatus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Trichosirocalus barnevillei (Brisout, 1866)
Trichosirocalus horridus (Panzer, 1801)
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Widespread on heathers esp. Calluna but also on Erica. spp.
(Nb) Rare on ox-eye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
Rare on chamomile.
(Nb) Rare on yarrow Achillea.
Local on Boraginaceae esp. Cynoglossum officinale, and Echium vulgare
(Na) Rare, polyphagous? especially on Veronica? on downland. Tubney 1918
(Nb) Rare on viper’s bugloss on the . Frilford, Tubney (JMC /JSD)
Widespread and frequent wherever nettles Urtica spp. grow.
Common on nettles Urtica
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Local on water-cress Nasturtium spp. and yellocress Rorippa spp. esp. on plants growing over flowing water
Local on fumitorys Fumaria sp. in open grassland, and ruderal sites. Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
(Nb) V.local on climbing corydalis Corydalis clavicula on wooded former heathland and commons.
(Nb) Rare on poppies Papaver spp. Frilford (JMC)
(Na) Local on yellow loosestrife. Virginia Water 1998 (JSD)
(Nb) Extinct ? [On marsh woundwort Stachys palustris]
(Nb) Local on yarrow Achillea millefolium in open grassy places including road verges. Herons Nest 2003
(JSD)
(Na) Rare on spear thistle Cirsium vulgare and musk thistle Carduus nutans. Moulsford Downs (SU5682) 1996
(PJH)
(Na) Rare on plantains Plantago spp. on disturbed sandy and chalky sites. Herons Nest 2003 (JSD)
Widespread in disturbed open habitats on plantains Plantago
+
(Nb) Rare on small flowered Geranium spp.
++
Ro
m
BrA
ge
Ro
m
++
82
Zacladus geranii (Paykull, 1800)
++
? [On Geraniums] Heron’s Nest 2003 (JSD)
Eubrychius velutus (Beck, 1817)
Neophytobius quadrinodosus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Pelenomus canaliculatus Fahraeus, 1843
Pelenomus comari (Herbst, 1795)
Pelenomus olssoni Israelson, 1972
Pelenomus quadricorniger Colonelli, 1986
Pelenomus quadrituberculatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Pelenomus waltoni Boheman, 1843
Phytobius leucogaster (Marsham, 1802)
Rhinoncus albicinctus Gyllenhal, 1837 *
Rhinoncus bruchoides (Herbst, 1784)
*
+
+
+
*
+
+
+
++
++
(Nb) Rare, aquatic, submerged on pond-weeds.
(Na) Rare in grassland [on Polygonum?]
(Nb) Rare, aquatic on Myriophyllum in ponds.
(Na) Rare on marsh cinquefoil Potentila palustris. [ also on Purple loosestrife L. salicaria]
(RDB3) Rare on water purslane Lythrum portula in ponds, rut-pools esp on sandy soils
(Na) [Wetlands on pale persicaria Polygonum lapathifolum]
Rare? On Polygonums [in dry grassland]
(Nb) Local on water pepper Polygonum hydropiper esp. along damp woodland rides beside wheel ruts.
(Nb) Rare, aquatic on Myriophyllum in ponds.
(RDB1) Rare on amphibious bistort P.amphibium esp. on floating leaves. Virginia Water 2003 (JSD)
Local on redshank Polygonum persicaria in rough grassland esp. near rivers.
Ro
m
Rhinoncus castor (Fabricius, 1792)
Rhinoncus inconspectus (Herbst, 1795)
Rhinoncus pericarpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinoncus perpendicularis (Reich, 1797)
Rutidosoma globulus (Herbst, 1795)
Cossonus parallelepipedus (Herbst, 1795)
Stereocorynes truncorum (Germar, 1824)
Euophryum confine (Broun, 1881)
Euophryum rufum (Broun, 1880)
Pentarthrum huttoni Wollaston, 1854
Rhyncolus ater (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phloeophagus lignarius (Marsham, 1802)
Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acalles misellus Boheman, 1844
Acalles ptinoides (Marsham, 1802)
Acalles roboris Curtis, 1835
Gronops lunatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Graptus (=Alophus) triguttatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Strophosoma capitatum Degeer, 1775
Neliocarus (=Strophosoma) faber (Herbst, 1784)
Neliocarus (=Strophosoma) nebulosum
(Stephens, 1831)
Neliocarus (=Strophosoma) sus (Stephens, 1831)
Strophosoma melanogramma (Forster, 1771)
Attactagenius (=Cneorhinus) plumbeus (Marsham,
1802)
Philopedon plagiatus (Schaller, 1783) Old lady
weevil
Barynotus moerens (Fabricius, 1792)
++
Local on sheep’s sorrel Rumex acetosella
Local on amphibious bistort Polygonum amphibium
Local on Rumex. Spp.
Local on Polygonums including amphibious bistort P.amphibium
(Na) [On aspen]
(Nb) Rare, saproxylic, developing in heartwood of hardwoods.
(Na) [Dead wood in ancient woodland]
Naturalised. Widespread and frequent. Immigrant from New Zealand, found in rotting wood and building
timber.
Synanthropic.
Rare on rotting wood, esp. structural timber. Much declined possibly at expense of above spp.
Extinct? [In dead wood esp. pine]
Local in dead wood esp. oak and ash, also Sycamore.
(Nb) [On willows]
Widespread on dead wood esp. small branches and twigs in woods and hedgerows.
++
++
+
+
(Nb) V.local in woodland and on heaths in litter, rotting wood and ant nests.
Rare in woods in oak leaf litter and in dead wood.
(Nb) Rare on spurreys Spergularia. on diturbed sandy soils. Frilford etc (JMC)
Local in grassland with Plantains.
+
++
++
Local on a variety oftrees and bushes esp. in heathy habitats
(Nb) Local on disturbed sandy ground on plantains
Local on a wide variety of trees and herbs including heathers. Frequent on wooded heaths.
++
++
+
Local on heather and esp. ling.
Frequent on a wide variety of trees and herbs. Very abundant on heathsand commons
(Nb) Rare on open often sandy ground
+
Rare on disturbed open sandy ground
+
Local in woods esp with dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis esp.
++
++
++
++
*
+
++
+
++
Ro
m
Ro/
Sax
Sax
83
Barynotus obscurus (Fabricius, 1775)
+
? Open grassy places Radley Bronze age
+
+
+
+
+
++
Recent Introducuction.
Recent Introducuction.
Local, polyphagous on trees and on the ground esp. on downland.
Recent import, spreading? On lilac and privet hedges.
(Nb) ? [Sandy area and heaths]
V.local in disturbed open areas on sand and chalk
Local on disturbed sandy ground including gardens
+
+
(Nb) Local often in parks and gardens, (
(Nb) Rare disturbed sandy or chalky ground. Hatford 2005 (JMC det JSD)
++
? [Coastal]
Frequent. Polyphagous in many habitats including gardens.
+
++
Recent Introduction.
Widespread, a serious garden pest
+
Frequent and largely synanthropic. A serious garden pest.
+
++
++
(Nb) ? [Ground dwelling on heathlands under heather and ling]
Rare ground dwelling esp.on heathlands under heather and ling,
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees
Local on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees esp. alder
+
Rare ? On trees and shrubs esp. elm.
Phyllobius oblongus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phyllobius pomaceus Gyllenhal, 1834
Phyllobius pyri (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phyllobius roboretanus Gredler, 1882
Phyllobius viridiaeris (Laicharting, 1781)
Liophloeus tessulatus (Müller, 1776)
++
++
++
++
++
++
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees
Widespread and frequent on nettles
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees
Widespread and frequent on a variety of herbage and on trees
Widespread and frequent on a variety of herbage and on trees
Local on Ivy clad trees, larvae in Umbellifers.
Polydrusus cervinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Polydrusus confluens Stephens, 1831
Polydrusus flavipes (Degeer, 1775)
Polydrusus mollis (Stroem, 1768)
Polydrusus pterygomalis Boheman, 1840
Polydrusus splendidus (Herbst, 1784)
Polydrusus tereticollis (DeGeer, 1775)
= undatus (Fabricius, 1781)
Barypeithes araneiformis (Schrank, 1781)
++
+
+
+
+
++
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees
(Nb) Rare on broom and gorse esp. on heaths.
(Nb) Rare on a variety of trees esp. aspen
(Nb) ? On a variety of trees and bushes.
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees
(Na) Rare on a variety of trees esp. hazel and oak.
Widespread and frequent on hedges and in woods on a variety of hardwood trees esp. birch
++
Widespread on ground in grassy places
Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792)
Otiorhynchus aurifer Boheman, 1843
Otiorhynchus clavipes (Bonsdorff, 1785)
Otiorhynchus crataegi Germar, 1824
Otiorhynchus desertus Rosenhauer, 1847
Otiorhynchus ligneus (Olivier, 1807)
Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Strawberry root weevil
Otiorhynchus porcatus (Herbst, 1795)
Otiorhynchus raucus (Fabricius., 1777)
BrA
ge
Ro
m
Otiorhynchus rugifrons (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Goeze, 1777)
Rough strawberry weevil
Otiorhynchus salcicola Heyden, 1908
Otiorhynchus singularis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Clay-coloured weevil
Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius. 1775)
Black vine weevil
Caenopsis fissirostris (Walton, J., 1847)
Caenopsis waltoni (Boheman, 1843)
Phyllobius argentatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phyllobius glaucus (Scopoli, 1793)
= calcaratus (Fabricius, 1792)
Phyllobius maculicornis Germar, 1824
BrA
84
hge
Barypeithes pellucidus (Boheman, 1834)
Brachysomus echinatus (Bonsdorff, 1785)
Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff, 1785)
Sitona cambricus Stephens, 1831
Sitona cylindricollis (Fahraeus, 1840)
Sitona griseus (Fabricius, 1775)
Sitona hispidulus (Fabricius, 1777)
Sitona humeralis Stephens, 1831
Sitona lepidus Gyllenhal, 1834
Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Pea weevil
Sitona macularius (Marsham, 1802)
Sitona puberulus Reitter, 1903
Sitona puncticollis Stephens, 1831
Sitona regensteinensis (Herbst, 1797)
Sitona striatellus Gyllenhal, 1834
Sitona sulcifrons (Thunberg, 1798)
Sitona suturalis Stephens, 1831
Sitona waterhousei Walton, 1846
Tanymecus palliatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Trachyphloeus angustisetulus Hansen, 1935
Trachyphloeus alternans Gyllenhal, 1834
Trachyphloeus aristatus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Trachyphloeus asperatus Boheman, 1843
Trachyphloeus bifoveolatus (Beck, 1817)
Trachyphloeus digitalis (Gyllenhal, 1827) *
Trachyphloeus scabriculus (Linnaeus, 1771)
Trachyphloeus spinimanus Germar, 1824
Tropiphorus elevatus (Herbst, 1795)
Tropiphorus terricola (Newman, 1838)
Hypera arator (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypera fuscocinerea (Marsham, 1802)
Hypera meles (Fabricius, 1792)
Hypera nigrirostris (Fabricius, 1775)
Hypera plantaginis (Degeer, 1775)
Hypera pollux (Fabricius, 1801)
Hypera postica (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Hypera punctata (Fabricius, 1775)
Hypera rumicis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hypera suspiciosa (Herbst, 1795)
Ro
m
Sax
++
+
+
Widespread on ground in grassy places esp. on sand, also in gardens, and common at base of trees.
(Nb) Rare, ground dwelling in open grassy places.
Local on hernage and trees in many habitats
+
+
+
+
++
++
++
Local in damp grassland and wetlands on large bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus uliginosus
? On melilots
V.local in sandy areas on [Restharrow, birdsfoot, and broom] Frilford etc
Widespread in grasslands on clovers and other legumes
Local in dry grassland esp. on sand and chalk on legumes esp. medicks
Frequent on clovers
Very frequent in virtually all situations including gardens
(Nb) ? [On legumes]
(RDBK) Rare?
Local on clovers
Locally frequent on gorse and broom
Locally frequent on gorse and broom
? On clovers
Frequent on vetches Vicia and Lathyrus, in garssalnd and hedgebanks etc.
(Nb) Local on bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
(Nb) Rare?
+
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++
++
+
++
+
++
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
>
>
++
+++
++
++
++
++
++
Local on open disturbed ground esp. on a variety of soils.
(Nb) ? On ground in disturbed open areas .
(Nb) Rare on open disturbed ground on a variety of dry substrates.
(Nb) Rare on open disturbed ground on a variety of dry substrates. Hitchcopse Pit
Rare on open disturbed ground on a variety of dry substrates.
(Na) Rare in open chalk grassland
Rare on open disturbed ground on a variety of dry substrates. Frilfrord (JMC)
(Nb) Rare on open disturbed ground on a variety of dry substrates.
(Nb) Rare,
(Nb) ? [Woodlands often near dog’s mercury Mercurialis perennis] ,
Rare, declining? On Caryophyllaceae (Stellaria, Cerastium, Spergularia etc.)
(Nb) Rare on Medicks.
(Na) Rare but increasing on white clover T.repens
Local on clovers esp. red clover T.pratense in grassland including roadside verges.
Widespread on bird’s-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus in grassland including roadside verges.
V.Local on umbellifers Oenanthe, Apium in wetlands
Widespread on various clovers Trifolium spp. and medicks Medicago spp. in grassland including ruderal sites.
Local on various clovers Trifolium spp. In grassland (ground dwelling) including ruderal sites.
Widespread on docks Rumex spp.
? [On Lotus, Lathyrus and Vicia]
85
Hypera venusta (Fabricius, 1781)
+
Rare on gorse Ulex esp. U.minor.
Limobius borealis (Paykull, 1792)
Larinus planus (Fabricius, 1792)
Cleonus pigra (Scopoli, 1763)
+
(Na) Rare? On Geranium species esp. G. pratense.
(Nb) ? Extinct?
(Nb) Tubney (JJW)
Coniocleonus nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinocyllus conicus (Frölich, 1792)
Magdalis armigera (Fourcroy, 1785)
Magdalis barbicornis (Latreille, 1804)
Magdalis carbonaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Magdalis cerasi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Magdalis memnonia (Gyllenhal, 1837)
Magdalis ruficornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Plum weevil
Ro
m
>
Ro
m
Liparus coronatus (Goeze, 1777)
Leiosoma deflexum (Panzer, 1795)
Leiosoma oblongulum Boheman, 1842
Leiosoma troglodytes Rye, 1873
= pyrenaeum Brisout, 1866
Hylobius abietis (Linnaeus, 1758) Large pine
weevil
Lepyrus capucinus (Schaller, 1783)
Pissodes castaneus (Degeer, 1775)
Small banded pine weevil
Trachodes hispidus (Linnaeus, 1758) *
Orobitus cyaneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tanysphyrus lemnae (Paykull, 1792) Duckweed
weevil
Scolytidae (Bark Beetles)
47 species + 1 sub-fossil
Scolytus intricatus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805)
Large fruit tree bark beetle
Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham, 1802)
Small elm bark beetle
Scolytus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1787)
Pygmy elm bark beetle
Scolytus rugulosus (Müller, 1818)
Small fruit tree bark beetle
Scolytus scolytus (Fabricius, 1775)
*
++
++
+
++
++
++
+
++
+
(Nb) Rare? On cow parsley esp. on chalky soils.)
Widespread on Ranunculacae in woods on wood anemone and in damp grasslands on
(Nb) Rare on Ranunculacae (wood anemone?).
(RDB2) [Downland, woods]
++
Widespread on scot’s pine Pinus sylvestris
*
ESa
x
(RDB3) Rare at roots of heather.
(Na) Sub fossil only. Neolithic Runnymede
Local on elm esp. wych elm Ulmus glabra in hedgerows
(Na) Rare on twigs of Rosaceae.
(Nb) Rare on birch Betula, boring in dead trunks and branches.
(Nb) Local, saproxylic developing in Rosaceae, and oak.
Rare on pine including planted amenity trees.
Local on Prunus esp. Sloe
+
(Extinct) [On sallows] not seen in UK since 1897.
Local on pine. An important pest species in commercial plantations2
+
+
(Nb) Rare on dead wood esp. small branches in shady places in old woods.
Rare (but easily overlooked?) on violets Viola.
++
Widespread on duckweed Lemna spp.
++
++
Widespread in branches of hardwoods esp.oak and beech often on recently broken off boughs
(Nb) Rare in Prunus and Malus including orchard trees.
++
Local in elm Ulmus
+
Recent colonist to UK (Heal, 2003),
++
Local in branches and twigs of woody rosaceae esp. sloe.
++
Local in elm
86
Common elm bark beetle
Hylesinus crenatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Large ash bark beetle
Hylesinus oleiperda (Fabricius, 1792)
Leperisinus varius (Fabricius, 1775)
Common ash bark beetle
Leperisinus orni (Fuchs, 1906)
Pteleobius vittatus (Fabricius, 1787)
Kissophagus hederae (Schmitt, 1843)
Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham, 1802)
Phloeophthorus rhododactylus (Marsham, 1802)
Phloeosinus thujae (Perris, 1855)
Hylurgops palliatus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Hylastes angustatus (Herbst, 1793)
Hylastes ater (Fabricius, 1792)
Hylastes attenuatus Erichson, 1836
Hylastes cunicularius Erichson, 1836
Hylastes opacus Erichson, 1836
Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus, 1758)
Pine shoot beetle
Dryocoetinus alni (Georg, 1856) *
Dryocoetes autographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Dryocoetinus villosus (Fabricius, 1792)
Xylocleptes bispinus (Duftschmid, 1825)
Taphrorychus bicolor (Herbst, 1793)
Xyloterus domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ambrosia beetle
Xyloterus signatus (Fabricius, 1792)
Cryphalus abietis (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Cryphalus piceae (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Ernoporus caucasicus Lindemann, 1876
Ernoporus fagi (Fabricius, 1798)
Ernoporus tiliae (Panzer, 1793)
Trypophloeus granulatus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Xyleborus dispar (Fabricius, 1792) Shot-hole
borer
Xyleborus dryographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Xyleborus saxeseni (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Pityophthorus pubescens (Marsham, 1802)
Pityogenes bidentatus (Herbst, 1783)
Pityogenes chalcographus (Linnaeus., 1761)
Pityogenes trepanatus (Noerdlinger, 1848)
Ips sexdentatus (Boerner, 1767)
Orthotomicus laricis (Fabricius, 1792)
Ro
m
++
Local on ash, mainly in bark on larger branches and trunks, [Also on oak and walnut Juglans]
++
++
Local on ash, in recently dead branches and twigs.
Widespread on ash, in slender branches.
++
++
++
++
++
+
++
+
+
+
+
++
(Nb) Rare on ash, in twigs and small branches. Maybe conspecific with L.. varius (Fabricius, 1775)
V.local in twigs of elm Ulmus.
(Nb) V.local in dead ivy Hedera helix.
Local in dead broom Cytisus and occasionally in gorse stems
Local in dead broom Cytisus and occasionally in gorse stems
Rare, naturalized on cypress and cedars first found in in 1921.
Local on conifers esp. pine
? On pine and spruce
Local on pine
? On pine
? [On spruce Picea]
Local on pine and occasionally on ash and elm.
Frequent on pine, and occasionally Norway spruce Picea.
++
+
++
++
(Na) [On alder, beech and hazel] Sheffield Bottom 2003 (JSD)
Naturalised, in dead and dying spruce Picea.
Local in oak
Local in traveller’s joy Clematis vitalba, frequent on the chalk.
++
++
(Nb) V.local in beech, oak and other hardwoods.
Local in oak and beech
+
(Nb) Rare on oak. 1994
? [On conifers]
? [On conifers]
(RDB1) Sub-fossil only. [In limes Tilia ]
(Na) Local but widespread on Beech esp. in bark on small twigs.
(RDB1) In bark of small-leaved lime Tilia cordata. 1910
Extinct in UK last recorded at in 1867
(Nb) Local in oak esp. sappy exposed heartwood.
++
+
+
+
+
+
*
++
+
(Nb) Rare in hardwoods esp. oak.
Local in oak and Beech
Local in pine and spruce bark
Local in pine and spruce bark
? [In bark of a variety of conifers] ,
Local in pine bark
Local in pine bark esp. on large fallen or felled trees. Padworth Common 2004 (JSD)
Local in pine and larch bark
87
Orthotomicus suturalis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Platypodidae
1 Species
++
SUB
VCH
Platypus cylindrus (Fabricius, 1792)
Oak pinhole-borer
Local in pine bark
1907
2005
++
Notes
1907
2005
++
Notes
1907
2005
Notes
(Nb) Local, increasing, in oak, beech, ash, and sweet chestnut esp. large felled trunks. >20 post 1980 recs.
STREPSIPTERA
Stylopidae
SUB
VCH
Stylops melittae Kirby, W 1802
Halictophagidae
Elenchus tenuicornis (Kirby, W 1815)
SUB
VCH
Parasitizes solitary bees, Andrena etc.
Parasitizes solitary bees, Andrena etc.
88