Lough_Neagh_camphor_beetle
Stenus palposus
Species of beetle
Stenus palposus (also known as Metastenus palposus or the Lough Neagh camphor beetle) is a species of beetle of the subfamily Steninae in the family Staphylinidae. As a predatory insect, it feeds on other smaller arthropods such as springtails.[2]
It is now restricted to parts of northern Europe such as Sweden, Finland and Russia,[3][4] having gone extinct in areas like Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland sometime before 1996.[2] It lives in damp areas of open fine sand beaches where they have been observed hunting by running their prey down.[2]