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Atomaria lewisi

Status not recordedbeetles

Atomaria lewisi is a species in the family Cryptophagidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.7 mm in length.

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Quick facts about Atomaria lewisi

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.7 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is Atomaria lewisi?

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

Where does Atomaria lewisi live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Atomaria lewisi as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Czechia
  3. Estonia
  4. Italy
  5. Sweden

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 Atomaria lewisi 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 lewisi classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCryptophagidae
  6. genusAtomaria
  7. SpeciesAtomaria lewisi Reitter, 1877

Synonyms Anchicera curtula, Atomaria curtula, Atomaria curtula pumilio, Atomaria herbigrada, Atomaria psallioticola

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • キイロセマルキスイJapanese
  • 옅은꼬마곡식쑤시기Korean
  • 刘阿隐食甲Chinese
  • 刘氏圆隐食甲Chinese
  • 刘氏星隐食甲Chinese
  • 黄圆隐食甲Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Atomaria lewisi

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 lewisi?

An adult Atomaria lewisi measures 1.7 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is Atomaria lewisi an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Atomaria lewisi as introduced in 5 countries: Austria, Czechia, Estonia, Italy and Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Atomaria lewisi?

Atomaria lewisi (Atomaria lewisi) 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 lewisi (Atomaria lewisi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/atomaria-lewisi

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{atomaria_lewisi_2026,
  title = {Atomaria lewisi (Atomaria lewisi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/atomaria-lewisi},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}