Suborder Adephaga
Note: the family
Carabidae
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fami ...
(ground beetles), is also part of this suborder; a list of these is at
List of ground beetle (Carabidae) species recorded in Britain
The following is a list of the ground beetles recorded in United Kingdom, Britain, organised by subfamily (''-inae'' endings) and by tribe (''-ini'' endings). For other beetle families, see the main list of beetle species recorded in Britain.
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Family Gyrinidae
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Gyrinus aeratus''
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Gyrinus caspius''
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Gyrinus distinctus''
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Gyrinus marinus''
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Gyrinus minutus''
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Gyrinus natator
''Gyrinus natator'', the common whirligig beetle, is a species of beetle native to the Palearctic realm, including much of Europe. Its range extends northwards as far as Norway, Finland, and the Saint Petersburg area of Russia. It is an aquatic b ...
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Gyrinus opacus''
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Gyrinus paykulli''
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Gyrinus substriatus
''Gyrinus substriatus'' is a species of beetle native to Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. In Europe, it is only found in Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Great Britain (incl. Isle of Man), Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech R ...
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Gyrinus suffriani''
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Gyrinus urinator''
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Orectochilus villosus'' —
hairy whirligig beetle
Family Haliplidae
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Brychius elevatus''
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Peltodytes caesus''
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Haliplus confinis''
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Haliplus obliquus''
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Haliplus varius''
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Haliplus lineatocollis''
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Haliplus apicalis''
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Haliplus fluviatilis''
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Haliplus furcatus''
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Haliplus heydeni''
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Haliplus immaculatus''
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Haliplus lineolatus''
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Haliplus ruficollis''
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Haliplus sibiricus''
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Haliplus flavicollis''
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Haliplus fulvus''
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Haliplus laminatus''
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Haliplus mucronatus''
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Haliplus variegatus''
Family Noteridae
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Noterus clavicornis''
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Noterus crassicornis''
Family Paelobiidae
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Hygrobia hermanni''
Family Dytiscidae
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Agabus arcticus''
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Agabus congener
''Agabus congener'' is a species of predatory beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe) and the Near East. In Europe, it is only found in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Great Britain including Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides and Isle of ...
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Agabus sturmii''
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Agabus labiatus''
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Agabus uliginosus''
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Agabus undulatus''
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Agabus affinis''
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Agabus biguttatus''
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Agabus bipustulatus''
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Agabus brunneus''
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Agabus conspersus''
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Agabus didymus''
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Agabus guttatus''
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Agabus melanarius''
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Agabus nebulosus''
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Agabus paludosus''
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Agabus striolatus''
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Agabus unguicularis''
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Ilybius aenescens''
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Ilybius ater''
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Ilybius chalconatus''
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Ilybius fenestratus''
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Ilybius fuliginosus''
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Ilybius guttiger''
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Ilybius montanus''
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Ilybius quadriguttatus''
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Ilybius subaeneus''
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Ilybius wasastjernae''
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Platambus maculatus''
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Colymbetes fuscus''
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Rhantus grapii''
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Rhantus bistriatus''
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Rhantus exsoletus''
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Rhantus frontalis''
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Rhantus suturalis''
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Rhantus suturellus''
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Liopterus haemorrhoidalis''
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Acilius canaliculatus''
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Acilius sulcatus''
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Graphoderus bilineatus
''Graphoderus bilineatus'' is a species of beetle in family Dytiscidae. The IUCN Red List reports it from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, ...
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Graphoderus cinereus''
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Graphoderus zonatus''
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Cybister lateralimarginalis''
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Dytiscus circumcinctus''
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Dytiscus circumflexus''
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Dytiscus dimidiatus''
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Dytiscus lapponicus''
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Dytiscus marginalis'' - great diving beetle
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Dytiscus semisulcatus''
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Hydaticus continentalis''
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Hydaticus seminiger''
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Hydaticus transversalis''
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Bidessus minutissimus''
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Bidessus unistriatus''
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Hydroglyphus geminus''
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Deronectes latus''
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Graptodytes bilineatus''
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Graptodytes flavipes''
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Graptodytes granularis''
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Graptodytes pictus''
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Hydroporus angustatus''
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Hydroporus discretus''
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Hydroporus elongatulus''
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Hydroporus erythrocephalus''
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Hydroporus ferrugineus''
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Hydroporus glabriusculus''
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Hydroporus gyllenhalii''
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Hydroporus incognitus''
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Hydroporus longicornis''
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Hydroporus longulus''
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Hydroporus marginatus''
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Hydroporus melanarius''
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Hydroporus memnonius''
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Hydroporus morio''
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Hydroporus necopinatus''
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Hydroporus neglectus''
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Hydroporus nigrita''
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Hydroporus obscurus''
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Hydroporus obsoletus''
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Hydroporus palustris''
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Hydroporus planus''
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Hydroporus pubescens''
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Hydroporus rufifrons''
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Hydroporus scalesianus''
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Hydroporus striola''
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Hydroporus tessellatus''
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Hydroporus tristis''
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Hydroporus umbrosus''
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Nebrioporus assimilis''
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Nebrioporus depressus''
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Nebrioporus elegans''
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Nebrioporus canaliculatus''
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Oreodytes alpinus''
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Oreodytes davisii''
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Oreodytes sanmarkii''
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Oreodytes septentrionalis''
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Porhydrus lineatus''
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Scarodytes halensis''
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Stictonectes lepidus''
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Stictotarsus duodecimpustulatus''
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Stictotarsus multilineatus''
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Suphrodytes dorsalis''
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Hydrovatus clypealis''
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Hygrotus confluens''
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Hygrotus impressopunctatus''
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Hygrotus nigrolineatus''
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Hygrotus novemlineatus
''Hygrotus novemlineatus '' is a species of Dytiscidae native to Europe
Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Eur ...
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Hygrotus parallelogrammus''
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Hygrotus decoratus''
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Hygrotus inaequalis''
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Hygrotus quinquelineatus''
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Hygrotus versicolor''
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Hyphydrus ovatus''
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Laccornis oblongus''
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Laccophilus hyalinus''
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Laccophilus minutus''
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Laccophilus poecilus''
Suborder Polyphaga
Infraorder Elateriformia
Superfamily Byrrhoidea
=Family Elmidae
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Elmis aenea
''Elmis'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elmidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Elmis aenea'' (Müller, 1806)
* ''Elmis atlantis'' (Alluaud, 1922)
References
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Esolus parallelepipedus''
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Limnius volckmari''
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Macronychus quadrituberculatus''
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Normandia nitens''
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Oulimnius major''
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Oulimnius rivularis''
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Oulimnius troglodytes''
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Oulimnius tuberculatus''
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Riolus cupreus
''Riolus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elmidae
Elmidae, commonly known as riffle beetles, is a family of beetles in the superfamily Byrrhoidea described by John Curtis in 1830. Both adults and larvae are usually aquatic, li ...
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Riolus subviolaceus''
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Stenelmis canaliculata''
=Family Dryopidae
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Pomatinus substriatus''
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Dryops anglicanus''
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Dryops auriculatus''
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Dryops ernesti''
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Dryops griseus''
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Dryops luridus''
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Dryops similaris''
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Dryops striatellus''
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Dryops nitidulus''
=Family Limnichidae
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Limnichus pygmaeus
''Limnichus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Limnichidae
Limnichidae, commonly called minute marsh-loving beetles, is a family of beetles belonging to Byrrhoidea. There are at least 30 genera and 350 described species in Limnichi ...
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Infraorder Staphyliniformia
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
=Family Helophoridae
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Helophorus nubilus''
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Helophorus porculus''
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Helophorus rufipes''
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Helophorus tuberculatus''
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Helophorus alternans''
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Helophorus aequalis''
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Helophorus grandis''
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Helophorus arvernicus''
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Helophorus brevipalpis''
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Helophorus dorsalis''
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Helophorus flavipes''
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Helophorus fulgidicollis''
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Helophorus granularis''
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Helophorus griseus''
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Helophorus laticollis''
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Helophorus longitarsis''
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Helophorus minutus''
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Helophorus nanus''
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Helophorus obscurus''
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Helophorus strigifrons''
=Family Georissidae
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Georissus crenulatus''
=Family Hydrochidae
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* ''
Hydrochus angustatus''
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Hydrochus brevis''
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Hydrochus crenatus''
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Hydrochus elongatus''
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Hydrochus ignicollis''
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Hydrochus megaphallus''
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Hydrochus nitidicollis''
=Family Spercheidae
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Spercheus emarginatus''
=Family Hydrophilidae
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Anacaena bipustulata''
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Anacaena globulus''
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Anacaena limbata''
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Anacaena lutescens''
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Paracymus aeneus''
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Paracymus scutellaris''
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Berosus affinis''
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Berosus luridus''
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Berosus signaticollis''
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Berosus fulvus''
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Chaetarthria seminulum''
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Chaetarthria simillima''
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Cymbiodyta marginellus''
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Enochrus affinis''
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Enochrus bicolor''
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Enochrus coarctatus''
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Enochrus fuscipennis''
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Enochrus halophilus''
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Enochrus melanocephalus''
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Enochrus nigritus''
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Enochrus ochropterus''
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Enochrus quadripunctatus''
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Enochrus testaceus''
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Helochares lividus''
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Helochares obscurus''
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Helochares punctatus''
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Hydrobius fuscipes''
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Limnoxenus niger''
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Hydrochara caraboides'' -
lesser silver water beetle
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Hydrophilus piceus'' -
great silver water beetle
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Laccobius atratus''
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Laccobius bipunctatus''
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Laccobius colon''
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Laccobius minutus''
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Laccobius obscuratus''
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Laccobius simulatrix''
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Laccobius sinuatus''
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Laccobius striatulus''
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Laccobius ytenensis''
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Coelostoma orbiculare''
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Dactylosternum abdominale''
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Cercyon alpinus''
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Cercyon bifenestratus''
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Cercyon convexiusculus''
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Cercyon depressus''
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Cercyon granarius''
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Cercyon haemorrhoidalis''
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Cercyon impressus''
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Cercyon laminatus''
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Cercyon lateralis''
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Cercyon littoralis''
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Cercyon marinus''
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Cercyon melanocephalus''
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Cercyon nigriceps''
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Cercyon obsoletus''
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Cercyon pygmaeus''
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Cercyon quisquilius''
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Cercyon sternalis''
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Cercyon terminatus''
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Cercyon tristis''
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Cercyon unipunctatus''
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Cercyon analis''
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Cercyon ustulatus''
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Megasternum concinnum''
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Cryptopleurum crenatum''
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Cryptopleurum minutum''
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Cryptopleurum subtile''
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Sphaeridium bipustulatum''
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Sphaeridium lunatum''
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Sphaeridium marginatum''
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Sphaeridium scarabaeoides''
Superfamily Staphylinoidea
=Family Hydraenidae
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Hydraena britteni''
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Hydraena flavipes''
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Hydraena gracilis''
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Hydraena nigrita''
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Hydraena palustris''
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Hydraena pulchella''
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Hydraena pygmaea''
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Hydraena riparia''
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Hydraena rufipes''
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Hydraena testacea''
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Limnebius aluta''
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Limnebius crinifer''
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Limnebius nitidus''
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Limnebius papposus''
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Limnebius truncatellus''
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Enicocerus exsculptus''
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Ochthebius auriculatus''
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Ochthebius bicolon''
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Ochthebius dilatatus''
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Ochthebius aeneus''
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Ochthebius lejolisii''
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Ochthebius minimus''
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Ochthebius difficilis''
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Ochthebius nanus''
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Ochthebius poweri''
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Ochthebius punctatus''
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Ochthebius lenensis''
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Ochthebius marinus''
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Ochthebius pusillus''
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Ochthebius viridis''
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Aulacochthebius exaratus''
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Water Beetle Species Recorded In Britain
Water beetles
A water beetle is a generalized name for any beetle that is adapted to living in water at any point in its life cycle. Most water beetles can only live in fresh water, with a few marine species that live in the intertidal zone or littoral zone. ...