Ilybius ater

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| taxon = Ilybius ater

| authority = (De Geer, 1774)

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Ilybius ater is a species of beetle native to the Palearctic, including Europe, and the Near East.

In Europe, it is found in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, the Channel Islands, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Germany, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, mainland Greece, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Northern Ireland, mainland Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Ukraine.{{cite web |url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=119278 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604040846/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=119278 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 4, 2011 |title=Ilybius ater at Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details |format= |access-date=2012-09-05}}{{cite web |url=http://data.gbif.org/species/4474987/ |title=Ilybius ater at Global Biodiversity Information Facility |format= |access-date=2013-03-18}}