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Bembidion properans

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Bembidion properans is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 4 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 40 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania and Armenia.

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Quick facts about Bembidion properans

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3 mm – 4 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
40 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Bembidion properans?

BEMBIDION PROPERANS · LENGTH 4 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4 mm, the recorded maximum length of the bembidion properans is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Bembidion properans 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.

Bembidion properans is listed for 40 countries.

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

  1. Afghanistan
  2. Albania
  3. Armenia
  4. Austria
  5. Azerbaijan
  6. Belarus
  7. Belgium
  8. Bulgaria
  9. Canada
  10. Croatia
  11. Denmark
  12. Estonia
  13. Finland
  14. France
  15. Georgia
  16. Germany
  17. Greece
  18. Hungary
  19. Iraq
  20. Italy
  21. Kazakhstan
  22. Kyrgyzstan
  23. Latvia
  24. Lithuania
  25. Mongolia
  26. Netherlands
  27. North Macedonia
  28. Norway
  29. Poland
  30. Portugal
  31. Romania
  32. Slovakia
  33. Slovenia
  34. Spain
  35. Sweden
  36. Switzerland
  37. Tunisia
  38. Turkmenistan
  39. Ukraine
  40. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Bembidion properans as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

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 Bembidion properans 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 Bembidion properans classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusBembidion
  7. SpeciesBembidion properans (Stephens, 1828)

Synonyms Bembidion caeruleipenne, Bembidion chalceum, Bembidion coeruleipenne, Bembidion coeruleitinctum, Bembidion coeruleotinctum, Bembidion cyaneotinctum, Bembidion lampros subsp. properans, Bembidion orichalcium, Bembidion plumbeum, Bembidion quatuordecimstriatum, Bembidion silesiacum, Bembidion velox, Bembidion virens, Bembidium chalceum, Bembidium lampros var. velox, Bembidium orichalcium, Bembidium velox, Leja plumbea, Metallina plumbea, Metallina properans, Tachypus chalceus, Tachypus orichalcius, Tachypus properans

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Feld-AhlenläuferGerman
  • hohtohyrräFinnish
  • PuntglanspriemkeverDutch
  • lerkvicklöpareSwedish
  • lersnabblöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Bembidion properans

Other species in the same genus Bembidion.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Bembidion properans?

An adult Bembidion properans measures 3 mm – 4 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Bembidion properans live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Bembidion properans for 40 countries, including Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria and Azerbaijan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Bembidion properans an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Bembidion properans as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Bembidion properans?

Bembidion properans (Bembidion properans) 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). Bembidion properans (Bembidion properans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bembidion-properans

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{bembidion_properans_2026,
  title = {Bembidion properans (Bembidion properans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bembidion-properans},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}