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Abax parallelepipedus

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Abax parallelepipedus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 22 countries, including Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria.

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Quick facts about Abax parallelepipedus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.6 cm – 2.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
22 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Abax parallelepipedus?

ABAX PARALLELEPIPEDUS · LENGTH 2.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the abax parallelepipedus is about 1.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Abax parallelepipedus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Abax parallelepipedus is listed for 22 countries.

CanadaNorwayFranceSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsSpainIrelandItalyDenmarkSloveniaSlovakia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Bulgaria
  4. Canada
  5. Croatia
  6. Denmark
  7. Estonia
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Hungary
  11. Ireland
  12. Italy
  13. Latvia
  14. Netherlands
  15. Norway
  16. Poland
  17. Slovakia
  18. Slovenia
  19. Spain
  20. Sweden
  21. Switzerland
  22. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Abax parallelepipedus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Canada

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Abax parallelepipedus endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Abax parallelepipedus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusAbax
  7. SpeciesAbax parallelepipedus (Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783)

Synonyms Abax parallelopipedus, Carabus parallelepipedus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Bred muldløberDanish
  • Großer BreitläuferGerman
  • Grand abaxFrench
  • Zwarte torDutch
  • lövskogslöpareSwedish
  • BreedborstloopkeverDutch
  • Gewone breedborstDutch
  • Zwarte breedkeverDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Abax parallelepipedus

Other species in the same genus Abax.

CompareAbax parallelepipedus vs Abax carinatusAbax parallelepipedus vs Abax schueppeliAbax parallelepipedus vs Abax areraeAbax parallelepipedus vs Abax baenningeri

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Abax parallelepipedus?

An adult Abax parallelepipedus measures 1.6 cm – 2.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Abax parallelepipedus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Abax parallelepipedus for 22 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada and Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Abax parallelepipedus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Abax parallelepipedus as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Abax parallelepipedus?

Abax parallelepipedus (Abax parallelepipedus) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Abax parallelepipedus (Abax parallelepipedus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/abax-parallelepipedus

MLA

“Abax parallelepipedus (Abax parallelepipedus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/abax-parallelepipedus.

BibTeX
@misc{abax_parallelepipedus_2026,
  title = {Abax parallelepipedus (Abax parallelepipedus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/abax-parallelepipedus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}