There are over 2,154 species of Coleoptera (beetles) native to Ireland. These are disposed in 84 families. By contrast there are 4,034 species of Coleoptera in the British Isles, consisting of 106 families. The largest beetle families in Ireland are the rove beetles (Staphylinidae) with 641 species, the weevils (Curculionidae) with 214 species, and the ground beetles (Carabidae) with 210 species.Ferriss, S. E., Smith, K. G. and Inskipp, T. P.(editors), 2009 Irish Biodiversity: a taxonomic inventory of fauna. Online here: Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997 Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81 Nash, R., Anderson, R. & O'Connor, J.P. 1997 Recent additions to the list of Irish Coleoptera. Irish Naturalists' Journal 25: 319-325
Suborder Adephaga (adephagans)
Family Carabidae (ground beetles)
Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802
Cicindela campestris Linnaeus, 1758
Brachininae Bonelli, 1810 Brachinus crepitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carabinae Latreille, 1802
Carabini Latreille, 1802 Calosoma inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758) Carabus clathratus Linnaeus, 1761 Carabus arvensis Herbst, 1784 Carabus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758 Carabus monilis Fabricius, 1792 Carabus nemoralis O. F. Müller, 1764 Carabus nitens Linnaeus, 1758 Carabus glabratus Paykull, 1790 Carabus problematicus Herbst, 1786 Cychrus caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758) Nebriini Laporte, 1834 Leistus montanus Stephens, 1827 Leistus rufomarginatus (Duftschmid, 1812) Leistus fulvibarbis Dejean, 1826 Leistus terminatus (Hellwig in Panzer, 1793) Nebria brevicollis (Fabricius, 1792) Nebria salina Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1854 Nebria rufescens (Ström, 1768) Eurynebria complanata (Linnaeus, 1767) Pelophila borealis (Paykull, 1790) Notiophilini Motschulsky, 1850 Notiophilus aestuans Motschulsky, 1864 Notiophilus aquaticus (Linnaeus, 1758) Notiophilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1779) Notiophilus germinyi Fauvel, 1863 Notiophilus palustris (Duftschmid, 1812) Notiophilus rufipes Curtis, 1829 Notiophilus substriatus G. R. Waterhouse, 1833 Elaphrini Latreille, 1802 Blethisa multipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) Elaphrus cupreus Duftschmid, 1812 Elaphrus uliginosus Fabricius, 1792 Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758) Loricerini Bonelli, 1810 Loricera pilicornis (Fabricius, 1775) Clivina fossor (Linnaeus, 1758) Dyschirius obscurus (Gyllenhal, 1827) Dyschirius thoracicus (Rossi, 1790) Dyschirius globosus (Herbst, 1784) Dyschirius impunctipennis Dawson, 1854 Dyschirius politus (Dejean, 1825) Dyschirius salinus Schaum, 1843 Broscini Hope, 1838 Broscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758) Miscodera arctica (Paykull, 1798) Trechini Bonelli, 1810 Perileptus areolatus (Creutzer, 1799) Aepus marinus (Ström, 1783) Aepus robinii (Laboulbène, 1849) Trechus rivularis (Gyllenhal, 1810) Trechus fulvus Dejean, 1831 Trechus obtusus Erichson, 1837 Trechus quadristriatus (Schrank, 1781) Trechus rubens (Fabricius, 1792) Trechus subnotatus Dejean, 1831 Blemus discus (Fabricius, 1792) Trechoblemus micros (Herbst, 1784) Tachys micros (Fischer von Waldheim, 1828) Asaphidion curtum (Heyden, 1870) Asaphidion flavipes (Linnaeus, 1761) Asaphidion pallipes (Duftschmid, 1812) Ocys harpaloides (Audinet-Serville, 1821) Cillenus lateralis Samouelle, 1819 Bracteon argenteolum (Ahrens, 1812) Bembidion lampros (Herbst, 1784) Bembidion punctulatum Drapiez, 1821 Bembidion pallidipenne (Illiger, 1802) Bembidion bipunctatum (Linnaeus, 1761) Bembidion dentellum (Thunberg, 1787) Bembidion varium (Olivier, 1795) Bembidion geniculatum Heer, 1837/8 Bembidion tibiale (Duftschmid, 1812) Bembidion bruxellense Wesmael, 1835 Bembidion bualei Jacquelin du Val, 1852 Bembidion decorum (Zenker in Panzer, 1800) Bembidion deletum Audinet-Serville, 1821 Bembidion femoratum Sturm, 1825 Bembidion lunatum (Duftschmid, 1812) Bembidion maritimum (Stephens, 1835) Bembidion monticola Sturm, 1825 Bembidion saxatile Gyllenhal, 1827 Bembidion stephensii Crotch, 1866 Bembidion tetracolum Say, 1825 Bembidion illigeri Netolitzky, 1914 Bembidion gilvipes Sturm, 1825 Bembidion assimile Gyllenhal, 1810 Bembidion clarkii (Dawson, 1849) Bembidion fumigatum (Duftschmid, 1812) Bembidion minimum (Fabricius, 1792) Bembidion normannum Dejean, 1831 Bembidion doris (Panzer, 1796) Bembidion obtusum Audinet-Serville, 1821 Bembidion aeneum Germar, 1824 Bembidion guttula (Fabricius, 1792) Bembidion lunulatum (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) Bembidion mannerheimii C. R. Sahlberg, 1827 Pogonus chalceus (Marsham, 1802) Pogonus littoralis (Duftschmid, 1812) Patrobini Kirby, 1837 Patrobus assimilis Chaudoir, 1844 Patrobus atrorufus (Ström, 1768) Patrobus septentrionis Dejean, 1828 Pterostichini Bonelli, 1810 Stomis pumicatus (Panzer, 1795) Poecilus cupreus (Linnaeus, 1758) Poecilus versicolor (Sturm, 1824) Pterostichus aethiops (Panzer, 1796) Pterostichus madidus (Fabricius, 1775) Pterostichus aterrimus (Herbst, 1784) Pterostichus niger (Schaller, 1783) Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823 Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787) Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger, 1798) Pterostichus anthracinus (Panzer, 1795) Pterostichus gracilis (Dejean, 1828) Pterostichus minor (Gyllenhal, 1827) Pterostichus nigrita (Paykull, 1790) Pterostichus rhaeticus Heer, 1837/8 Pterostichus vernalis (Panzer, 1795) Pterostichus diligens (Sturm, 1824) Pterostichus strenuus (Panzer, 1796) Abax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783) Sphodrini Laporte, 1834 Platyderus depressus (Audinet-Serville, 1821) Synuchus vivalis (Illiger, 1798) Calathus rotundicollis Dejean, 1828 Calathus cinctus Motschulsky, 1850 Calathus erratus (C. R. Sahlberg, 1827) Calathus fuscipes (Goeze, 1777) Calathus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Calathus micropterus (Duftschmid, 1812) Calathus mollis (Marsham, 1802) Sphodrus leucophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) Laemostenus complanatus (Dejean, 1828) Laemostenus terricola (Herbst, 1784) Olisthopus rotundatus (Paykull, 1790) Oxypselaphus obscurus (Herbst, 1784) Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796) Anchomenus dorsalis (Pontoppidan, 1763) Batenus livens (Gyllenhal, 1810) Agonum fuliginosum (Panzer, 1809) Agonum gracile Sturm, 1824 Agonum micans Nicolai, 1822 Agonum piceum (Linnaeus, 1758) Agonum thoreyi Dejean, 1828 Agonum lugens (Duftschmid, 1812) Agonum marginatum (Linnaeus, 1758) Agonum muelleri (Herbst, 1784) Agonum nigrum Dejean, 1828 Agonum versutum Sturm, 1824 Agonum viduum (Panzer, 1796) Amara plebeja (Gyllenhal, 1810) Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) Amara communis (Panzer, 1797) Amara convexior Stephens, 1828 Amara familiaris (Duftschmid, 1812) Amara lucida (Duftschmid, 1812) Amara lunicollis Schiødte, 1837 Amara montivaga Sturm, 1825 Amara ovata (Fabricius, 1792) Amara similata (Gyllenhal, 1810) Amara tibialis (Paykull, 1798) Amara bifrons (Gyllenhal, 1810) Amara praetermissa (C. R. Sahlberg, 1827) Amara apricaria (Paykull, 1790) Amara consularis (Duftschmid, 1812) Amara fulva (O. F. Müller, 1776) Curtonotus aulicus (Panzer, 1796) Curtonotus convexiusculus (Marsham, 1802) Harpalini Bonelli, 1810 Harpalus rufipes (De Geer, 1774) Harpalus affinis (Schrank, 1781) Harpalus anxius (Duftschmid, 1812) Harpalus laevipes Zetterstedt, 1828 Harpalus latus (Linnaeus, 1758) Harpalus rubripes (Duftschmid, 1812) Harpalus rufipalpis Sturm, 1818 Harpalus tardus (Panzer, 1796) Ophonus puncticeps Stephens, 1828 Ophonus rufibarbis (Fabricius, 1792) Anisodactylus binotatus (Fabricius, 1787) Anisodactylus nemorivagus (Duftschmid, 1812) Dicheirotrichus gustavii Crotch, 1871 Trichocellus cognatus (Gyllenhal, 1827) Trichocellus placidus (Gyllenhal, 1827) Bradycellus caucasicus (Chaudoir, 1846) Bradycellus harpalinus (Audinet-Serville, 1821) Bradycellus ruficollis (Stephens, 1828) Bradycellus sharpi Joy, 1912 Bradycellus verbasci (Duftschmid, 1812) Stenolophus mixtus (Herbst, 1784) Acupalpus dubius Schilsky, 1888 Acupalpus parvulus (Sturm, 1825) Anthracus consputus (Duftschmid, 1812) Chlaenius nigricornis (Fabricius, 1787) Chlaenius tristis (Schaller, 1783) Chlaenius vestitus (Paykull, 1790) Licinini Bonelli, 1810 Badister bullatus (Schrank, 1798) Badister meridionalis Puel, 1925 Badister unipustulatus Bonelli, 1813 Badister sodalis (Duftschmid, 1812) Badister collaris Motschulsky, 1844 Badister dilatatus Chaudoir, 1837 Badister peltatus (Panzer, 1797) Panagaeini Bonelli, 1810 Panagaeus cruxmajor (Linnaeus, 1758) Masoreini Chaudoir, 1870 Lebia chlorocephala (J. Hoffmann, 1803) Lebia cruxminor (Linnaeus, 1758) Demetrias atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cymindis vaporariorum (Linnaeus, 1758) Paradromius linearis (Olivier, 1795) Dromius meridionalis Dejean, 1825 Dromius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Calodromius spilotus (Illiger, 1798) Philorhizus melanocephalus (Dejean, 1825) Philorhizus notatus (Stephens, 1827) Syntomus foveatus (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785) Syntomus truncatellus (Linnaeus, 1761)
Family Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles, water tigers)
Agabus arcticus (Paykull, 1798) Agabus congener (Thunberg, 1794) Agabus sturmii (Gyllenhal, 1808) Agabus labiatus (Brahm, 1790) Agabus affinis (Paykull, 1798) Agabus biguttatus (Olivier, 1795) Agabus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767) Agabus conspersus (Marsham, 1802) Agabus guttatus (Paykull, 1798) Agabus nebulosus (Forster, 1771) Agabus paludosus (Fabricius, 1801) Agabus unguicularis (Thomson, 1867) Ilybius aenescens Thomson, 1870 Ilybius ater (DeGeer, 1774) Ilybius chalconatus (Panzer, 1796) Ilybius fuliginosus (Fabricius, 1792) Ilybius guttiger (Gyllenhal, 1808) Ilybius montanus (Stephens, 1828) Ilybius quadriguttatus (Lacordaire, 1835) Ilybius subaeneus Erichson, 1837 Colymbetes fuscus (Linnaeus, 1758) Rhantus grapii (Gyllenhal, 1808) Rhantus exsoletus (Forster, 1771) Rhantus frontalis (Marsham, 1802) Rhantus suturalis (Macleay, 1825) Rhantus suturellus (Harris, 1828) Liopterus haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1787) Acilius canaliculatus (Nicolai, 1822) Acilius sulcatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Dytiscus circumcinctus Ahrens, 1811 Dytiscus circumflexus Fabricius, 1801 Dytiscus lapponicus Gyllenhal, 1808 Dytiscus marginalis Linnaeus, 1758 Dytiscus semisulcatus Müller, 1776 Hydaticus seminiger (DeGeer, 1774) Bidessus minutissimus (Germar, 1824) Graptodytes bilineatus (Sturm, 1835) Graptodytes granularis (Linnaeus, 1767) Graptodytes pictus (Fabricius, 1787) Hydroporus angustatus Sturm, 1835 Hydroporus discretus Fairmaire & Brisout, 1859 Hydroporus erythrocephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hydroporus glabriusculus (Aubé, 1838) Hydroporus gyllenhalii Schiødte, 1841 Hydroporus incognitus Sharp, 1869 Hydroporus longicornis Sharp, 1871 Hydroporus longulus Mulsant & Rey, 1860 Hydroporus melanarius Sturm, 1835 Hydroporus memnonius Nicolai, 1822 Hydroporus morio Aubé, 1838 Hydroporus neglectus Schaum, 1845 Hydroporus nigrita (Fabricius, 1792) Hydroporus obscurus Sturm, 1835 Hydroporus obsoletus Aubé, 1838 Hydroporus palustris (Linnaeus, 1761) Hydroporus planus (Fabricius, 1782) Hydroporus pubescens (Gyllenhal, 1808) Hydroporus scalesianus Stephens, 1828 Hydroporus striola (Gyllenhal, 1826) Hydroporus tessellatus Drapiez, 1819 Hydroporus tristis (Paykull, 1798) Hydroporus umbrosus (Gyllenhal, 1808) Nebrioporus assimilis (Paykull, 1798) Nebrioporus depressus (Fabricius, 1775) Nebrioporus elegans (Panzer, 1794) Oreodytes davisii (Curtis, 1831) Oreodytes sanmarkii (Sahlberg, 1826) Oreodytes septentrionalis (Gyllenhal, 1826) Porhydrus lineatus (Fabricius, 1775) Stictonectes lepidus (Olivier, 1795) Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus (Fabricius, 1792) Stictotarsus multilineatus (Falkenström, 1922) Suphrodytes dorsalis (Fabricius, 1787) Hydrovatus clypealis Sharp, 1876 Hygrotus confluens (Fabricius, 1787) Hygrotus impressopunctatus (Schaller, 1783) Hygrotus novemlineatus (Stephens, 1829) Hygrotus decoratus Gyllenhal, 1810 Hygrotus inaequalis (Fabricius, 1777) Hygrotus quinquelineatus (Zetterstedt, 1828) Hygrotus versicolor (Schaller, 1783) Hygrotus parallellogrammus (Ahrens, 1812) Hyphydrus ovatus (Linnaeus, 1761) Laccornis oblongus (Stephens, 1835) Laccophilus hyalinus (DeGeer, 1774)