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Ectinus aterrimus

Status not recordedbeetles

Ectinus aterrimus is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Ectinus aterrimus

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 Ectinus aterrimus 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.

Ectinus aterrimus 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 Ectinus aterrimus 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 Ectinus aterrimus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyElateridae
  6. genusEctinus
  7. SpeciesEctinus aterrimus (Linnaeus, 1760)

Synonyms Agriotes aterrimus, Elater aterrimus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • kovařík štíhlýCzech
  • Wald-HumusschnellkäferGerman
  • lahoseppäFinnish
  • Élater noirFrench
  • Kormos pattanóHungarian
  • Miškinis dirvaspragšisLithuanian
  • tussesmellerNorwegian Bokmål
  • Zwarte speerkniptorDutch
  • Osiewnik czarnyPolish
  • Щелкун темнейшийRussian
  • långhalsknäppareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ectinus aterrimus

Other species in the same genus Ectinus.

CompareEctinus aterrimus vs Ectinus nokozanusEctinus aterrimus vs Ectinus ruzzieriEctinus aterrimus vs Ectinus sonanisEctinus aterrimus vs Ectinus yushiroi

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Ectinus aterrimus live?

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

What kind of animal is Ectinus aterrimus?

Ectinus aterrimus (Ectinus aterrimus) belongs to the family Elateridae 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). Ectinus aterrimus (Ectinus aterrimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectinus-aterrimus

MLA

“Ectinus aterrimus (Ectinus aterrimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectinus-aterrimus.

BibTeX
@misc{ectinus_aterrimus_2026,
  title = {Ectinus aterrimus (Ectinus aterrimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ectinus-aterrimus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}