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Dyschirius globosus

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Dyschirius globosus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 35 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Austria.

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Quick facts about Dyschirius globosus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2 mm – 3 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, human_modified, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
35 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Dyschirius globosus?

DYSCHIRIUS GLOBOSUS · LENGTH 3 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3 mm, the recorded maximum length of the dyschirius globosus is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Dyschirius globosus 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.

Dyschirius globosus is listed for 35 countries.

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

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Austria
  4. Azerbaijan
  5. Belgium
  6. Bulgaria
  7. Canada
  8. Croatia
  9. Denmark
  10. Estonia
  11. Finland
  12. France
  13. Georgia
  14. Germany
  15. Greece
  16. Hungary
  17. Ireland
  18. Italy
  19. Japan
  20. Kazakhstan
  21. Latvia
  22. Lithuania
  23. Morocco
  24. Netherlands
  25. North Macedonia
  26. Norway
  27. Poland
  28. Portugal
  29. Romania
  30. Slovakia
  31. Slovenia
  32. Spain
  33. Sweden
  34. Switzerland
  35. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Dyschirius globosus 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 Dyschirius globosus 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 Dyschirius globosus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusDyschirius
  7. SpeciesDyschirius globosus (Herbst, 1784)

Synonyms Carabus globosus, Carabus remotus, Clivina laevicollis, Clivina minima, Clivina rotundicollis, Dyschiriodes globosus, Dyschirius coerulescens, Dyschirius flavescens, Dyschirius gibbus, Dyschirius globbosus, Dyschirius glomerosus, Dyschirius laevicollis, Dyschirius maritimus, Dyschirius minimus, Dyschirius muelleri, Dyschirius ragusae, Dyschirius remotus, Dyschirius rotundicollis, Dyschirius ruficollis, Dyschirius rufithorax, Dyschirius rufus, Dyschirius tournieri, Dyschirius viridescens, Scarites gibbus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Liden dyndløberDanish
  • vähämyyräkiitäjäinenFinnish
  • DwerggravertjeDutch
  • dvärggrävareSwedish
  • Lille tunnelløberDanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Dyschirius globosus

Other species in the same genus Dyschirius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Dyschirius globosus?

An adult Dyschirius globosus measures 2 mm – 3 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Dyschirius globosus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Dyschirius globosus for 35 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Dyschirius globosus an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is Dyschirius globosus?

Dyschirius globosus (Dyschirius globosus) 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). Dyschirius globosus (Dyschirius globosus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dyschirius-globosus

MLA

“Dyschirius globosus (Dyschirius globosus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dyschirius-globosus.

BibTeX
@misc{dyschirius_globosus_2026,
  title = {Dyschirius globosus (Dyschirius globosus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dyschirius-globosus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}