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Bronzed Blackclock

Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787)

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The bronzed blackclock (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.26 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 30 countries, including Albania, Austria and Belarus.

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Quick facts about the bronzed blackclock

Weight
Not recorded
Length
9 mm – 1.26 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
At night (nocturnal)src for Active
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
30 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the bronzed blackclock?

BRONZED BLACKCLOCK · LENGTH 1.26 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.26 cm, the recorded maximum length of the bronzed blackclock is about 0.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What does the bronzed blackclock eat, and what eats it?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded prey of the bronzed blackclock

22 on record

  1. Small sheet-web weaver Microneta viaria2 sources
  2. Coelotes terrestris2 sources
  3. Diplocephalus picinus2 sources
  4. Ectinus aterrimus2 sources
  5. Common Schendyla Schendyla nemorensis2 sources
  6. Allajulus nitidus2 sources
  7. Red-brown click beetle Athous haemorrhoidalis2 sources
  8. Common cryptops Cryptops hortensis2 sources
  9. Euophrys frontalis2 sources
  10. Geophilus insculptus2 sources
  11. Harpactea lepida2 sources
  12. Lathrobium brunnipes2 sources
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  1. Macrargus rufus2 sources
  2. Notiophilus biguttatus2 sources
  3. Othius subuliformis2 sources
  4. Flat millipede Polydesmus angustus2 sources
  5. Flat-backed millipede Polydesmus complanatus2 sources
  6. Rhagonycha lignosa2 sources
  7. Robertus lividus2 sources
  8. Shorter red centipede Strigamia acuminata2 sources
  9. Small-horned Walckenaer Walckenaeria corniculans2 sources
  10. Walckenaeria nudipalpis2 sources

Recorded predators of the bronzed blackclock

1 on record

  1. Abax ovalis2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records

Where does the bronzed blackclock 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 bronzed blackclock is listed for 30 countries.

NorwayFranceMalawiSwedenBelarusUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceAlbaniaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsSpainIrelandItalyDenmarkSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaMacedonia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Belarus
  4. Belgium
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Croatia
  7. Denmark
  8. Estonia
  9. Finland
  10. France
  11. Germany
  12. Greece
  13. Hungary
  14. Ireland
  15. Italy
  16. Latvia
  17. Lithuania
  18. Malawi
  19. Malta
  20. Netherlands
  21. North Macedonia
  22. Norway
  23. Poland
  24. Romania
  25. Slovakia
  26. Slovenia
  27. Spain
  28. Sweden
  29. Switzerland
  30. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the bronzed blackclock 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 bronzed blackclock classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusPterostichus
  7. SpeciesPterostichus oblongopunctatus (Fabricius, 1787)

Synonyms Argutor oblongopunctatus, Bothriopterus laevicollis, Bothriopterus oblongopunctatus, Carabus hafniensis, Carabus oblongopunctatus, Feronia melanoscelis, Feronia oblongopunctata, Platysma foveolatum, Platysma laevicolle, Platysma satuninianum, Pterostichus angusticollis, Pterostichus biseriatus, Pterostichus bosnicus, Pterostichus foveolatus, Pterostichus hafniensis, Pterostichus honshuensis, Pterostichus laevicollis, Pterostichus melanoscelis, Pterostichus niger, Pterostichus oblongopunctatus bosnicus, Pterostichus octopunctatus, Pterostichus rufipes, Pterostichus rufiventris, Pterostichus satuninianus, Pterostichus viridis

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • BronzejordløberDanish
  • Forlænget slankløberDanish
  • Rækkepunkteret muldløberDanish
  • SchultergrabkäferGerman
  • Echter SchulterläuferGerman
  • SchultergrabläuferGerman
  • kaarnasysikiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Ptérostique à points oblongsFrench
  • gödörkés gyászfutóHungarian
  • Duobėtasis smiltžygisLithuanian
  • Bronzen boszwartschildDutch
  • Szykoń leśnyPolish
  • Птеростих ямчатоточечныйRussian
  • skogssvartlöpareSwedish
  • Птеростих ямко-крапчастийUkrainian

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistTAXREFTAXREFWikidata

Relatives of the bronzed blackclock

Other species in the same genus Pterostichus.

Coal-runner

Pterostichus melanarius

CarabidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the bronzed blackclock?

An adult bronzed blackclock measures 9 mm – 1.26 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the bronzed blackclock live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the bronzed blackclock for 30 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the bronzed blackclock?

The bronzed blackclock (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus) belongs to the family Carabidae in the order Coleoptera.

What eats the bronzed blackclock?

Animals recorded preying on the bronzed blackclock include abax ovalis. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Which animals does the bronzed blackclock eat?

Animals recorded as prey of the bronzed blackclock include small sheet-web weaver, coelotes terrestris, diplocephalus picinus and ectinus aterrimus. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

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). Bronzed Blackclock (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronzed-blackclock

MLA

“Bronzed Blackclock (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronzed-blackclock.

BibTeX
@misc{bronzed_blackclock_2026,
  title = {Bronzed Blackclock (Pterostichus oblongopunctatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bronzed-blackclock},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}