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Hyperisus plumbeum

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Hyperisus plumbeum is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 4.58 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Hyperisus plumbeum

Weight
Not recorded
Length
4.58 mm
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

How big is Hyperisus plumbeum?

HYPERISUS PLUMBEUM · LENGTH 4.58 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.58 mm, the recorded maximum length of the hyperisus plumbeum is about 0.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Hyperisus plumbeum 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.

Hyperisus plumbeum 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 Hyperisus plumbeum 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 Hyperisus plumbeum classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusXestobium
  7. SpeciesHyperisus plumbeum (Illiger, 1801)

Synonyms Anobium aeneicolle, Anobium erythropum, Anobium plumbeum, Anobium thoracicum, Birrhus coerulescens, Ptinus syriacus, Xestobium bicoloripenne, Xestobium circassicum, Xestobium ernobiformis, Xestobium graecum, Xestobium plumbeum, Xestobium politum, Xestobium rufonotatum, Xestobium subaeneum, Xestobium syriacum

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • červotoč bukovýCzech
  • Vrillette bleuâtreFrench
  • Tykotek bukowiecPolish
  • črvotoč bukovýSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hyperisus plumbeum

Other species in the same genus Xestobium.

Knock beetle

Xestobium rufovillosum

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Hyperisus plumbeum?

An adult Hyperisus plumbeum measures 4.58 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Hyperisus plumbeum live?

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

What kind of animal is Hyperisus plumbeum?

Hyperisus plumbeum (Hyperisus plumbeum) 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). Hyperisus plumbeum (Hyperisus plumbeum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyperisus-plumbeum

MLA

“Hyperisus plumbeum (Hyperisus plumbeum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyperisus-plumbeum.

BibTeX
@misc{hyperisus_plumbeum_2026,
  title = {Hyperisus plumbeum (Hyperisus plumbeum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hyperisus-plumbeum},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}