Description: A small (7.5-10mm) brown-black ground beetle of upland wetlands and streamsides with long vegetation. Kerry only.

NI account: Janson & Bonaparte Wyse (1923) record this species for Carrantuohill, Kerry. In Britain it is rare in northern England but widespread in the central and west Scottish highlands. Possibly confined to the south-west in Ireland.

Ecology: A cold-adapted species probably confined to high mountains in our area.

Distribution: A circumpolar Arctic-montane species (16), confined in Europe to northern Fennoscandia and the British Isles with outlying relict populations in the Alps.

Similar Species: Patrobus assimilis/Patrobus atrorufus: wings reduced, rudimentary

Key Identification Features:

• Size 7.5-10mm
• Dark, but elytra often contrasting reddish
• Neck constricted behind eyes and with a lace
• Frontal furrows deep
• Wings full

Distribution Map from NBN: Patrobus septentrionis at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Patrobus septentrionis at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Patrobus septentrionis | Classification: Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Patrobus

Thumbnails for genus Patrobus