Dyschirius aeneus (Dejean, 1825)

Description: Small (3.5mm) shiny bronze black fossorial ground beetle. Lives on bare wet ground by water - riverbanks, peatlands, edges of sandpits etc. Widely distributed but local, much rarer in the north.

 Dyschirius aeneus : Interactive Map

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

iNaturalist: Dyschirius aeneus at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

Thumbnails for genus Dyschirius

 Anderson, R., (2026). Dyschirius aeneus. (Dejean, 1825). [In] Ground Beetles of Ireland.
https://habitas.org/beetles/species.php?item=7172. Accessed on 2026-11-02.