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Rhopalomesites tardyi described in 1825 from specimens collected in Killarney by James Tardy

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.[1][2] [3]

Suborder Adephaga (adephagans)

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Family Carabidae (ground beetles)

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Cicindelinae Latreille, 1802

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Brachininae Bonelli, 1810

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Carabinae Latreille, 1802

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

Family Dytiscidae (predaceous diving beetles, water tigers)

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Family Noteridae (burrowing water beetles)

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Family Haliplidae (crawling water beetles)

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Family Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)

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Family Hygrobiidae (screech-beetles)

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1 species

Suborder Polyphaga

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Infraorder Bostrichiformia

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Family Ptinidae (woodworm, woodborers, spider beetles)

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18 species Subfamily Anobiinae

Subfamily Dryophilinae

Subfamily Ernobiinae

Subfamily Eucradinae

Subfamily Ptilininae

Subfamily Ptininae

Subfamily Xyletininae

Family Bostrichidae (horned powderpost beetles, powderpost beetles, branch and twig borers)

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Family Dermestidae (skin beetles)

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Subfamily Attageninae

Subfamily Dermestinae

Subfamily Megatominae

Infraorder Cucujiformia

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Family Alexiidae (minute bark beetles)

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Family Anthicidae (ant-like flower beetles)

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Family Anthribidae (fungus weevils)

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Family Apionidae (seed weevils)

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Subfamily Apioninae

Subfamily Nanophyinae

Family Bothrideridae (dry bark beetles)

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Family Byturidae (fruitworms)

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Family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)

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Family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)

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Family Cleridae (chequered beetles)

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Family Colydiidae (cylindrical bark beetles)

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Family Corylophidae (minute fungus beetles)

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Family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles)

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Family Phloiophilidae

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Family Trogossitidae

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Family Ciidae (minute tree-fungus beetles)

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Family Coccinellidae (ladybirds)

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Family Cryptophagidae (silken fungus beetles)

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Subfamily Atomariinae

Subfamily Cryptophaginae

Family Curculionidae (true weevils)

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Subfamily Baridinae

Subfamily Entiminae

Subfamily Hyperinae

Subfamily Cossoninae

Subfamily Curculioninae

Subfamily Molytinae

Subfamily Scolytinae

Family Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)

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Family Erirhinidae (wetland weevils)

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Family Dryophthoridae (palm weevils)

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Family Cerylonidae

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Family Erotylidae (pleasing fungus beetles)

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Family Kateretidae (short-winged flower beetles)

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Family Laemophloeidae (lined flat bark beetles)

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Family Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles)

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Subfamily Corticariinae

Subfamily Latridiinae

Family Lymexylidae (ship-timber beetles)

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Family Melandryidae (false darkling beetles)

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Subfamily Hallomeninae

Subfamily Melandryinae

Subfamily Osphyinae

Family Mycetophagidae (hairy fungus beetles)

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Family Pyrochroidae (fire-coloured beetles)

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Family Salpingidae (narrow-waisted bark beetles)

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Subfamily Agleninae

Subfamily Salpinginae

Family Tetratomidae (polypore fungus beetles)

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Family Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)

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Subfamily Alleculinae

Subfamily Diaperinae

Subfamily Lagriinae

Subfamily Tenebrioninae

Family Meloidae (blister beetles)

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Family Melyridae (soft-wing flower beetles)

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Subfamily Dasytinae

Subfamily Malachiinae

Family Mordellidae (tumbling flower beetles)

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Family Monotomidae (root-eating beetles)

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Family Nitidulidae (sap beetles)

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Subfamily Carpophilinae

Subfamily Cryptarchinae

Subfamily Meligethinae

Subfamily Nitidulinae

Family Oedemeridae (pollen-feeding beetles)

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Family Phalacridae (shining flower beetles)

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Family Rhynchitidae (tooth-nosed snout weevils)

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Family Ripiphoridae (wedge-shaped beetles)

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Family Scraptiidae (false flower beetles)

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Family Sphindidae (dry-fungus beetles)

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Family Silvanidae (silvan flat bark beetles)

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Infraorder Elateriformia

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Family Dascillidae

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Family Byrrhidae (pill beetles)

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Family Dryopidae (long-toed water beetles)

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Family Elmidae (riffle beetles)

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Family Heteroceridae (variegated mud-loving beetles)

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Family Elateridae (click beetles)

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Family Cantharidae (soldier beetles / leatherwings)

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Family Eucnemidae (false click beetles)

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Family Lycidae

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Throscidae (false metallic wood-boring beetles)

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Family Clambidae (minute beetle or fringe-winged beetles)

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Family Scirtidae (marsh beetles)

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Infraorder Scarabaeiformia (scarab beetles)

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Family Scarabaeidae

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Family Trogidae

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Family Geotrupidae (earth-boring dung beetles)

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Family Lucanidae

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Infraorder Staphyliniformia

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Family Histeridae (clown beetles)

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Subfamily Abraeinae

Subfamily Histerinae

Subfamily Onthophilinae

Subfamily Saprininae

Family Silphidae (large carrion beetles, burying beetles)

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Ptiliidae (featherwing beetles)

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Subfamily Acrotrichinae

Subfamily Ptiliinae

Family Hydraenidae (minute moss beetles)

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Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles)

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Subfamily Hydrophilinae

Subfamily Sphaeridiinae

Family Georissidae

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Family Hydrochidae

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Family Helophoridae

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Family Leiodidae (round fungus beetles)

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Subfamily Cholevinae

Subfamily Coloninae

Subfamily Leiodinae

Family Staphylinidae (rove beetles)

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Subfamily Aleocharinae

Subfamily Euaesthetinae

Subfamily Habrocerinae

Subfamily Micropeplinae

Subfamily Omaliinae

Subfamily Oxytelinae

Subfamily Paederinae

Subfamily Phloeocharinae

Subfamily Piestinae

Subfamily Proteininae

Subfamily Pseudopsinae

Subfamily Staphylininae

Subfamily Steninae

Subfamily Tachyporinae

Subfamily Pselaphinae

Subfamily Scydmaeninae

Subfamily Scaphidiinae

See also

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  • List of beetles of Great Britain
  • List of subgroups of the order Coleoptera
  • Royal Entomological Society Handbooks Out of print parts available as free pdfs are:
  • Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families. R. A. Crowson
  • Vol 4 Part 2. Coleoptera. Carabidae. Carl H. Lindroth
  • Vol 4 Part 3. Coleoptera. Hydradephaga. F. Balfour-Browne
  • Vol 4 Part 8a. Coleoptera. Staphylinidae. Section (a) Piestinae to Euaesthetinae. C. E. Tottenham
  • Vol 4 Part 9. Coleoptera (Pselaphidae). E. J. Pearce
  • Vol 4 Part 10. Coleoptera. Histeroidea. D. G. H. Halstead
  • Vol 5 Part 1b. Coleoptera. Buprestidae. Brian Levey
  • Vol 5 Part 2c. Coleoptera - Heteroceridae. R. O. S. Clarke
  • Vol 5 Part 3. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidiae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Main text. E. R. Peacock
  • Vol 5 Part 3. Adults and Larvae of Hide, Larder and Carpet Beetles and their relatives (Coleoptera: Dermestidiae) and of Derodontid Beetles (Coleoptera: Derodontidae). Figures index. E. R. Peacock
  • Vol 5 Part 5a. Coleoptera. Rhizophagidae. Enid R. Peacock
  • Vol 5 Part 5b. Coleoptera. Phalacridae. R. T. Thompson
  • Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae. R. D. Pope
  • Vol 5 Part 9. Coleoptera. F. D. Buck
  • Vol 5 Part 10. Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae. M. J. D. Brendell
  • Vol 5 Part 11 ed1. Coleoptera. Scarabaeoidea (lucanidae, Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Scarabaeidae) E. B. Britton
  • Vol 5 Part 11. Dung Beetles & chafers - Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. L. Jessop
  • Vol 5 Part 12. Coleoptera. Cerambycidae. E. A. J. Duffy
  • Vol 5 Part 15. Coleoptera. Scolytidae and Platypodidae. E. A. J. Duffy

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References

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  1. ^ Ferriss, S. E., Smith, K. G. and Inskipp, T. P.(editors), 2009 Irish Biodiversity: a taxonomic inventory of fauna. Online here: [1]
  2. ^ Anderson, R., Nash, R. & O'Connor, J.P.. 1997 Irish Coleoptera: a revised and annotated list Irish Naturalists' Journal Special Entomological Supplement, 1-81
  3. ^ Nash, R., Anderson, R. & O'Connor, J.P. 1997 Recent additions to the list of Irish Coleoptera. Irish Naturalists' Journal 25: 319-325

Further reading

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  • du Chatenet, G, 2000, Coléoptères Phytophages D’Europe, NAP Editions
  • Fowler, William Weekes and Donisthorpe, Horace St. John Kelly. The Coleoptera of the British islands. A descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to localities, habitats, etc.London :L. Reeve & Co., 1887-1913.5 Volumes online
  • Johnson, F.W & Halbert, J.N, 1902, A list of the Beetles of Ireland, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 6B: 535-827
  • Joy, N.H., 1932, A practical handbook of British beetles H.F. & G. Witherby
  • Löbl, I. & Smetana A. Eds Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera ISBN 9789004252066
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