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Elaphropus parvulus

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Elaphropus parvulus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.4 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 25 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Austria.

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Quick facts about Elaphropus parvulus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.7 mm – 2.4 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
25 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Elaphropus parvulus?

ELAPHROPUS PARVULUS · LENGTH 2.4 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.4 mm, the recorded maximum length of the elaphropus parvulus is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Elaphropus parvulus 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.

Elaphropus parvulus is listed for 25 countries.

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

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Canada
  7. Egypt
  8. France
  9. Germany
  10. Hungary
  11. Italy
  12. Malta
  13. Morocco
  14. Netherlands
  15. North Macedonia
  16. Poland
  17. Portugal
  18. Romania
  19. Slovakia
  20. Slovenia
  21. Spain
  22. Sweden
  23. Switzerland
  24. Tunisia
  25. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Elaphropus parvulus as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

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 Elaphropus parvulus 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 Elaphropus parvulus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusElaphropus
  7. SpeciesElaphropus parvulus (Dejean, 1831)

Synonyms Bembidium parvulum, Bembidium pulicarium, Bembidium pusillum, Elaphropus atlanticus, Elaphropus coarctatus, Elaphropus pulicarius, Elaphropus pusillus, Tachys atlanticus, Tachys coarctatus, Tachys parvulus, Tachys pusillus, Tachyura atlantica, Tachyura coarctata, Tachyura parvula

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Apró martfutóHungarian
  • Zwart knotjeDutch
  • dvärglöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Elaphropus parvulus

Other species in the same genus Elaphropus.

CompareElaphropus parvulus vs Elaphropus marchantariusElaphropus parvulus vs Elaphropus ancepsElaphropus parvulus vs Elaphropus anthraxElaphropus parvulus vs Elaphropus brevis

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Elaphropus parvulus?

An adult Elaphropus parvulus measures 1.7 mm – 2.4 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Elaphropus parvulus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Elaphropus parvulus for 25 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Elaphropus parvulus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Elaphropus parvulus as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Elaphropus parvulus?

Elaphropus parvulus (Elaphropus parvulus) 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). Elaphropus parvulus (Elaphropus parvulus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/elaphropus-parvulus

MLA

“Elaphropus parvulus (Elaphropus parvulus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/elaphropus-parvulus.

BibTeX
@misc{elaphropus_parvulus_2026,
  title = {Elaphropus parvulus (Elaphropus parvulus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/elaphropus-parvulus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}