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Anthicus ater

Status not recordedbeetles

Anthicus ater is a species in the family Anthicidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Anthicus ater

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Anthicus ater 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.

Anthicus ater is listed for 1 country.

Switzerland
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Anthicus ater 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 Anthicus ater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyAnthicidae
  6. genusAnthicus
  7. SpeciesAnthicus ater (Thunberg, 1787)

Synonyms Notoxus ater

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Sort sandpilerDanish
  • sysiantikainenFinnish
  • Nakwiatek czarnyPolish
  • Быстрянка тёмнаяRussian
  • svart kvickbaggeSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Anthicus ater

Other species in the same genus Anthicus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Anthicus ater live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Anthicus ater for 1 country: Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Anthicus ater?

Anthicus ater (Anthicus ater) belongs to the family Anthicidae 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). Anthicus ater (Anthicus ater). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthicus-ater

MLA

“Anthicus ater (Anthicus ater).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthicus-ater.

BibTeX
@misc{anthicus_ater_2026,
  title = {Anthicus ater (Anthicus ater)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/anthicus-ater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}