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Broscus cephalotes

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Broscus cephalotes is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.5 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 27 countries, including Armenia, Austria and Belarus.

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Quick facts about Broscus cephalotes

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.7 cm – 2.5 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
27 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Broscus cephalotes?

BROSCUS CEPHALOTES · LENGTH 2.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.5 cm, the recorded maximum length of the broscus cephalotes is about 1.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Broscus cephalotes 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.

Broscus cephalotes is listed for 27 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

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

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Broscus cephalotes as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Canada

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 Broscus cephalotes 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 Broscus cephalotes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusBroscus
  7. SpeciesBroscus cephalotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Broscus antennatus, Broscus capucinus, Broscus clypeatus, Broscus major, Broscus piceus, Broscus rufipes, Broscus vulgaris, Carabus cephalotes, Cephalotes antennatus, Cephalotes clypeatus, Cephalotes piceus, Cephalotes rufipes, Cephalotes vulgaris, Harpalus cephalotes, Pseudocupes major, Scarites cephalotes

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • střevlík hlaváčCzech
  • sandgraverDanish
  • KopfkäferGerman
  • jymykiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Brosc à grosse têteFrench
  • busafutóHungarian
  • Didžiagalvis žygisLithuanian
  • dikkoploopkeverDutch
  • Żuchwień głowaczPolish
  • Головастая жужелицаRussian
  • bežec veľkohlavýSlovak
  • kramplöpareSwedish
  • NatløbebilleDanish
  • Storhovedet minérløberDanish
  • Dikkop -loopkeverDutch
  • DikkopzandgraverDutch
  • Gestrekte loopkeverDutch
  • GrootkoploopkeverDutch
  • grävlöpareSwedish
  • läderbaggeSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Broscus cephalotes

Other species in the same genus Broscus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Broscus cephalotes?

An adult Broscus cephalotes measures 1.7 cm – 2.5 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Broscus cephalotes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Broscus cephalotes for 27 countries, including Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Broscus cephalotes an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Broscus cephalotes as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Broscus cephalotes?

Broscus cephalotes (Broscus cephalotes) 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). Broscus cephalotes (Broscus cephalotes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/broscus-cephalotes

MLA

“Broscus cephalotes (Broscus cephalotes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/broscus-cephalotes.

BibTeX
@misc{broscus_cephalotes_2026,
  title = {Broscus cephalotes (Broscus cephalotes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/broscus-cephalotes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}