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Athous villiger

Status not recordedbeetles

Athous villiger is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Athous villiger

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 Athous villiger 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.

Athous villiger 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 Athous villiger 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 Athous villiger classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyElateridae
  6. genusAthous
  7. SpeciesAthous villiger Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Athous villiger

Other species in the same genus Athous.

Wireworm

Athous azoricus

ElateridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Athous villiger live?

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

What kind of animal is Athous villiger?

Athous villiger (Athous villiger) belongs to the family Elateridae 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). Athous villiger (Athous villiger). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/athous-villiger

MLA

“Athous villiger (Athous villiger).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/athous-villiger.

BibTeX
@misc{athous_villiger_2026,
  title = {Athous villiger (Athous villiger)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/athous-villiger},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}