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Herbarium beetle

Dienerella filum (Aubé, 1850)

Status not recordedbeetles

The herbarium beetle (Dienerella filum) is a species in the family Latridiidae, order Coleoptera.

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Quick facts about the herbarium beetle

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
Not recorded

Where does the herbarium beetle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the herbarium beetle as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Ecuador
  3. Japan
  4. Latvia

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 the herbarium beetle 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 the herbarium beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyLatridiidae
  6. genusDienerella
  7. SpeciesDienerella filum (Aubé, 1850)

Synonyms Cartodere filum, Lathridius filum

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Common plaster beetleEnglish
  • lesekaitoFinnish
  • ホソヒメマキムシJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the herbarium beetle

Other species in the same genus Dienerella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the herbarium beetle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the herbarium beetle as introduced in 4 countries: Austria, Ecuador, Japan and Latvia, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the herbarium beetle?

The herbarium beetle (Dienerella filum) belongs to the family Latridiidae 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). Herbarium beetle (Dienerella filum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/herbarium-beetle

MLA

“Herbarium beetle (Dienerella filum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/herbarium-beetle.

BibTeX
@misc{herbarium_beetle_2026,
  title = {Herbarium beetle (Dienerella filum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/herbarium-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}