Ground Beetles of Ireland
Trichocellus placidus
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Trichocellus placidus (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Description: 4-5.5mm long brownish black ground beetle living among reed and other litter of fens and lowland river banks. Widespread but local.
World Distribution: A Eurosiberian Boreo-temperate species (54) found across Europe from Fennoscandia south to Italy and east into the Caucasus, Asia Minor and western Siberia.
Irish Status: Widespread but local, mainly in the east and south, on lowland river margins and lakeshores.
Ecology: It has been recorded from fens, marshes and well-vegetated riverbanks and lakeshores in mesotrophic to eutrophic conditions.