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Cellar beetle

Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedbeetles

The cellar beetle (Blaps mortisaga) is a species in the family Tenebrionidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about the cellar beetle

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 the cellar beetle 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.

The cellar beetle 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 the cellar beetle 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 the cellar beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyTenebrionidae
  6. genusBlaps
  7. SpeciesBlaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Tenebrio mortisagus

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • cascudaAsturian
  • smrtník obecnýCzech
  • Smal dødningebilleDanish
  • Großer TotenkäferGerman
  • Escarabajo de cementerioSpanish
  • kalmankuoriainenFinnish
  • Scarabée funèbreFrench
  • Halottbűzű bogárHungarian
  • Smailiasparnis juodvabalisLithuanian
  • dødningsbilleNorwegian Bokmål
  • DodentorDutch
  • Pokątnik złowieszczekPolish
  • BorzăRomanian
  • Медляк-вещательRussian
  • smrtník obyčajnýSlovak
  • vanligt dödsbudSwedish
  • KarafatmaTurkish
  • DødningebilleDanish
  • DødsbilleDanish
  • DødsvarslerDanish
  • Stor skyggebilleDanish
  • KelderkeverDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cellar beetle

Other species in the same genus Blaps.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the cellar beetle live?

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

What kind of animal is the cellar beetle?

The cellar beetle (Blaps mortisaga) belongs to the family Tenebrionidae 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). Cellar beetle (Blaps mortisaga). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blaps-mortisaga

MLA

“Cellar beetle (Blaps mortisaga).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blaps-mortisaga.

BibTeX
@misc{blaps_mortisaga_2026,
  title = {Cellar beetle (Blaps mortisaga)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blaps-mortisaga},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}