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Ernobius nigrinus

Status not recordedbeetles

Ernobius nigrinus is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 5.36 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Ernobius nigrinus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5.36 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
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

How big is Ernobius nigrinus?

ERNOBIUS NIGRINUS · LENGTH 5.36 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.36 mm, the recorded maximum length of the ernobius nigrinus is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ernobius nigrinus 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.

Ernobius nigrinus is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ernobius nigrinus 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 Ernobius nigrinus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusErnobius
  7. SpeciesErnobius nigrinus (Sturm, 1837)

Synonyms Anobium nigrinus, Anobium politus, Ernobius berardi, Ernobius canaliculatus, Ernobius mayeti, Ernobius nigriclava, Ernobius pueli, Ernobius rufescens, Liozoum fuscus

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • červotoč haluzkovýCzech
  • FyrreborebilleDanish
  • versokytryFinnish
  • črvotoč halúzkovýSlovak
  • svart tallskottgnagareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ernobius nigrinus

Other species in the same genus Ernobius.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Ernobius nigrinus?

An adult Ernobius nigrinus measures 5.36 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Ernobius nigrinus live?

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

What kind of animal is Ernobius nigrinus?

Ernobius nigrinus (Ernobius nigrinus) belongs to the family Ptinidae 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). Ernobius nigrinus (Ernobius nigrinus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ernobius-nigrinus

MLA

“Ernobius nigrinus (Ernobius nigrinus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ernobius-nigrinus.

BibTeX
@misc{ernobius_nigrinus_2026,
  title = {Ernobius nigrinus (Ernobius nigrinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ernobius-nigrinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}