Ground Beetles of Ireland
Patrobus assimilis
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Patrobus assimilis Chaudoir, 1844
Description: A small (7-10mm) long black ground beetle. Northern and upland on dry gravelly or peaty soils particularly on high peatlands.
World Distribution: A Eurosiberian Boreo-arctic Montane species (24) found across north and central Europe to north-west Siberia.
Irish Status: Widely distributed in mountainous districts of the British Isles including most of the hill areas of Ireland.
Ecology: Fairly eurytopic above 300m altitude, but most records are for summit moraine, streambanks and rocky places, rather than mire habitats.