Beetles occurring in Glen Affric

This list has been compiled by Trees for Life from the species recorded by Arthur Ewing in 2004 and 2005 (including records from Derek Lott, and from MacGowan & Owen) with previous data from Jonathan Humphrey at Forest Research and other records from Forestry Commission Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage. A few additional species have been added by Trees for Life staff. (The species are listed in alphabetical order, by genus).


Abax parallelopipedus
Abdera affinis
Abdera biflexuosa
Abdera flexuosa
Acanthocinus aedilis	A longhorn beetle
Acidota crenata
Acrolocha sulcata
Acrotrichis brevipennis
Acrotrichis cognata
Acrotrichis grandicollis
Acrulia inflata
Adalia decempunctata	Ten-spot ladybird
Agabus affinis
Agabus bipustulatus
Agabus guttatus
Agabus paludosus
Agabus sturmii
Agathidium arcticum
Agathidium atrum
Agathidium nigrinum
Agathidium nigripenne
Agonum albipes
Agonum ericeti
Agonum fuliginosum
Agonum muelleri
Aleochara lanuginosa
Aloconota cambrica
Aloconota currax
Aloconota insecta
Altica ericeti
Ampedus nigrinus
Ampedus pomorum
Anacaena globulus
Anaspis frontalis
Anaspis maculata
Anaspis rufilabris
Anatis ocellata
Anisotoma humeralis
Anoplodera sanguinolenta
Anoplotrupes stercorosus
Anoplus plantaris
Anotylus inustus
Anoplus plantaris
Anotylus sculpturatus
Anthobium atrocephalum
Anthobium unicolor
Anthonomus pedicularius
Anthonomus rubi
Anthophagus caraboides
Aphidecta obliterata
Aphodius ater
Aphodius depressus
Aphodius nemoralis
Aphodius rufipes
Aplotarsus incanus
Aridius nodifer
Aspidiphorus orbiculatus
Atheta aquatica
Athous haemorrhoidalis	A click beetle
Athous vittatus
Atomaria fuscata
Atomaria munda
Atomaria nitidula
Atrecus affinis
Autalia impressa
Autalia rivularis

Barypeithes araneiformis
Bembidion andreae
Bembidion atrocoeruleum
Bembidion tetracolum
Bembidion tibiale
Bibloplectus spinosus
Bibloporus bicolor
Bisnius fimetarius
Bledius subterraneus
Bolitobius inclinans
Bolitobius trinotatus
Bolitophagus reticulatus	Black tinder fungus beetle
Brachonyx pineti
Bradycellus harpalinus
Brachypterus urticae
Brychius elevatus
Byrrhus pilula

Calathus fuscipes
Calathus micropterus
Calathus piceus
Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis nigricans
Cantharis obscura	Black soldier beetle
Cantharis paludosa
Cantharis pellucida
Carabus glabratus	A ground beetle
Carabus nemoralis
Carabus problematicus
Carabus violaceus
Cassida rubiginosa
Catops coracinus
Catops morio
Catops nigrita
Catops tristis
Cercyon analis
Cercyon impressus
Cercyon melanocephalus
Cercyon pygmaeus
Cerylon ferrugineum
Ceutorhynchus assimilis
Choleva agilis
Choleva fagniezi
Choleva spadicea
Chrysolina crassicornis	A leaf beetle
Cicindela campestris	Green tiger beetle
Cimberis attelaboides
Cis bidentatus
Cis boleti
Cis dentatus
Cis hispidus
Cis jacquemartii
Cis lineatocribratus
Cis nitidus
Clambus nigrellus
Clytus arietus	Wasp beetle
Coccinella quinquepunctata
Coeliodes rubicundus
Corticaria elongata
Corticaria impressa
Corticaria serrata
Cortinicara gibbosa
Crepidodera fulvicornis
Crepidodera transversa
Cryptocephalus labiatus
Cryptophagus angustus
Cryptophagus cellaris
Cryptophagus dentatus
Cryptophagus scanicus
Cryptopleurum minutum
Ctenicera cuprea
Cychramus luteus
Cychrus caraboides
Cypha longicornis
Cyphon coarctatus
Cyphon hilaris
Cyphon kongsbergensis
Cyphon padi
Cyphon phragmiteticola
Cyphon punctipennis

Dalopius marginatus	A click beetle
Dendroctonus micans
Dendrophagus crenatus
Denticollis linearis
Deporaus betulae
Deporaus mannerheimi
Diacanthous undulatus
Dictyoptera aurora	Net-winged beetle
Dinaraea aequata
Donacia crassipes
Donacia impressa
Donacia obscura
Donacia versicolorea
Dromius agilis
Dromius angustus
Dromius quadrinotatus
Drusilla canaliculata
Dryocoetinus autographus
Dytiscus marginalis

Elaphrus lapponicus
Elodes pseudominuta
Enicmus fungicola
Enicmus rugosus
Enochrus affinis
Enochrus fuscipennis
Enochrus testaceus
Epuraea biguttata
Epuraea florea
Epuraea pusilla
Epuraea unicolor
Epuraea variegata
Ernobius mollis
Eudectus whitei
Euplectus karstenii
Euplectus signatus

Gabrius scoticus
Galerucella calmariensis
Galerucella lineola
Geodromicus longipes
Geostiba circellaris
Geotrupes spiniger
Geotrupes stercorarius	Dor beetle
Geotrupes vernalis	A dung beetle
Glischrochilus quadripunctatus
Gonioctena decemnotata
Gyrinus minutus
Gyrinus substriatus
Gyrohypnus liebei
Gyrophaena affinis

Haliplus immaculatus
Haliplus fulvus
Haliplus lineatocollis
Haliplus ruficollis
Haliplus wehnckei
Harpalus affinis
Harpalus latus
Harpalus quadripunctatus
Helophorus brevipalpis
Hemicrepidius hirtus
Hydraena britteni
Hydrobius fuscipes
Hydroporus discretus
Hydroporus erythrocephalus
Hydroporus gyllenhalii
Hydroporus incognitus
Hydroporus longulus
Hydroporus melanarius
Hydroporus nigrita
Hydroporus obscurus
Hydroporus palustris
Hydroporus pubescens
Hydroporus striola
Hydroporus tristis
Hydroporus umbrosus
Hylastes ater
Hylastes brunneus
Hylecoetus dermestoides
Hylobius abietis
Hylurgops palliatus
Hypnoidus riparius

Ilybius ater
Ilybius fuliginosus

Judolia sexmaculata

Laccobius minutus
Laricobius erichsonii
Lathrobium angusticolle
Lathrobium brunnipes
Leistus rufescens
Leistus rufomarginatus
Leptura quadrifasciata
Leptura rubra
Leptusa fumida
Leptusa norvegica
Leptusa ruficollis
Lesteva monticola
Lesteva punctata
Lochmaea suturalis	Heather beetle
Lordithon lunulatus
Lordithon trinotatus
Loricera pilicornis
Luperus longicornis

Malthodes flavoguttatus
Malthodes fuscus
Malthodes guttifer
Malthodes marginatus
Malthodes maurus
Malthodes minimus
Malthodes mysticus
Malthodes pumillus
Megarthrus depressus
Megarthrus sinuaticollis
Megasternum obscurum
Melanotus villosus
Meloe proscarabaeus	Oil beetle
Micrambe vini
Micrelus ericae
Miscodera arctica
Mycetoporus lepidus
Mycetoporus splendidus

Nargus wilkinii
Nebria brevicollis
Nebria salina
Neocrepidodera ferruginea
Neomyzia oblongoguttata
Neuraphes angulatus
Nicrophorus humator	Burying beetle
Nicrophorus vespilloides
Notiophilus aquaticus
Notiophilus biguttatus
Notiophilus palustris
Nudobius lentus

Ocypus aeneocephalus
Ocypus cupreus
Oiceoptoma thoracicum	Red-breasted carrion beetle
Olophrum piceum
Omalium italicum
Omalium rivulare
Omonadus floralis
Omosita depressa
Oreodytes sanmarkii
Oreodytes septentrionalis
Othius angustus
Otiorhynchus nodosus
Otiorhynchus scaber
Otiorhynchus singularis
Oulema obscura
Oulimnius tuberculatus
Oxytelus laqueatus

Paranchus albipes
Paraphotistus impressus
Patrobus septentrionis
Pelophila borealis
Perapion marchicum
Phratora vitellinae	A leaf beetle
Phyllobius argentatus	Silver-green leaf weevil
Phyllobius maculicornis
Phyllobius pyri
Phyllopertha horticola
Pissodes pini
Pityophthorus pubescens
Platambus maculatus
Plateumaris discolor
Plateumaris sericea
Platydracus fulvipes
Podabrus alpinus
Pogonocherus fasciculatus	A longhorn beetle
Polydrusus pilosus
Polydrusus tereticollis
Protaetia cuprea	Metallic green chafer
Proteinus brachypterus
Proteinus crenulatus
Proteinus macropterus
Proteinus ovalis
Psephidonus nigrita
Ptenidium formicetorum
Ptenidium pusillum
Pterostichus adstrictus
Pterostichus diligens
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus melanarius
Pterostichus niger
Pterostichus nigrita
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
Ptiliola kunzei
Ptiliolum spencei
Ptomaphagus subvillosus
Pyrrhalta viburni
Pytho depressus

Quedius boops
Quedius brevis
Quedius fuliginosus
Quedius invreae
Quedius molochinus
Quedius picipes

Rabocerus gabrieli
Rhagium bifasciatum
Rhagium inquisitor
Rhagium mordax	A longhorn beetle
Rhagonycha elongata	A soldier beetle
Rhagonycha femoralis
Rhagonycha fulva
Rhagonycha lignosa
Rhagonycha testacea
Rhantus exoletus
Rhinosimus planirostris
Rhinosimus ruficollis
Rhizophagus bipustulatus
Rhizophagus depressus
Rhizophagus dispar
Rhizophagus ferrugineus
Rhizophagus parvulus
Rhynchaenus rusci
Rhyncolus ater
Ropalodontus perforatus
Rugilus rufipes

Salpingus castaneus
Saperda carcharias	Poplar longhorn beetle
Schizotus pecticornis
Sciodrepoides watsoni
Scolytus ratzeburgi	Birch sapwood borer
Scydmaenus tarsatus
Scymnus limbatus
Scymnus suturalis
Selatosomus impressus
Sepedophilus littoreus
Serica brunneus
Silpha atrata
Sinodendron cylindricum
Sitona puncticollis
Sphaeriestes castaneus
Sphaerites glabratus
Staphylinus erythropterus
Stenichnus bicolor
Stenus bifoveolatus
Stenus cicindeloides
Stenus clavicornis
Stenus impressus
Stenus pallipes
Stenus pubescens
Stenus rogeri
Stenus tarsalis
Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus
Strophosoma melanogrammum	Nut leaf weevil

Tachinus elongatus
Tachinus laticollis
Tachinus marginellus
Tachinus pallipes
Tachinus proximus
Tachinus rufipes
Tachinus signatus
Tachyporus hypnorum
Tetratoma ancora
Thanasimus formicarius
Thes bergrothi
Tomicus piniperda
Trechus obtusus
Trechus rubens
Trichius fasciatus	Bee beetle
Trichapion simile
Trichocellus cognatus
Triplax russica
Trypodendron domesticum
Trypodendron lineatum

Xantholinus linearis

Zorochros minimus

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