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Atomaria elongatula

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Atomaria elongatula is a species in the family Cryptophagidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.87 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sweden.

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Quick facts about Atomaria elongatula

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.87 mm
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

How big is Atomaria elongatula?

ATOMARIA ELONGATULA · LENGTH 1.87 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.87 mm, the recorded maximum length of the atomaria elongatula is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Atomaria elongatula 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.

Atomaria elongatula is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Sweden

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Atomaria elongatula 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 Atomaria elongatula classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCryptophagidae
  6. genusAtomaria
  7. SpeciesAtomaria elongatula Erichson, 1846

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Atomaria elongatula

Other species in the same genus Atomaria.

Pygmy beetle

Atomaria linearis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Atomaria elongatula?

An adult Atomaria elongatula measures 1.87 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Atomaria elongatula live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Atomaria elongatula for 1 country: Sweden. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Atomaria elongatula?

Atomaria elongatula (Atomaria elongatula) belongs to the family Cryptophagidae 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). Atomaria elongatula (Atomaria elongatula). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/atomaria-elongatula

MLA

“Atomaria elongatula (Atomaria elongatula).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/atomaria-elongatula.

BibTeX
@misc{atomaria_elongatula_2026,
  title = {Atomaria elongatula (Atomaria elongatula)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/atomaria-elongatula},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}