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Cellar beetle

Blaps mucronata Latreille, 1804

Status not recordedbeetles

The cellar beetle (Blaps mucronata) is a species in the family Tenebrionidae, order Coleoptera.

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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
Not recorded

Where does the cellar beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cellar beetle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Denmark

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 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 mucronata Latreille, 1804

Synonyms Blaps obtusa

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Churchyard beetleEnglish
  • Escarabajo nauseabundoSpanish
  • Blaps des cavesFrench
  • DodentorDutch
  • dösbudSwedish
  • Жук-забарило гостроконечнийUkrainian
  • DoodskeverDutch
  • Gewone kelderkeverDutch
  • KelderkeverDutch
  • Toegespitste kelderkeverDutch
  • packhusdödsbudSwedish

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.

Is the cellar beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the cellar beetle as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the cellar beetle?

The cellar beetle (Blaps mucronata) 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 mucronata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blaps-mucronata

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{blaps_mucronata_2026,
  title = {Cellar beetle (Blaps mucronata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blaps-mucronata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}