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Leistus terminatus

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Leistus terminatus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 8 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 25 countries, including Austria, Belarus and Belgium.

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Quick facts about Leistus terminatus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5 mm – 8 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, human_modified, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
Day and night (cathemeral)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
25 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Leistus terminatus?

LEISTUS TERMINATUS · LENGTH 8 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8 mm, the recorded maximum length of the leistus terminatus is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Leistus terminatus 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.

Leistus terminatus is listed for 25 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Austria
  2. Belarus
  3. Belgium
  4. China
  5. Denmark
  6. Finland
  7. France
  8. Germany
  9. Hungary
  10. Iceland
  11. Ireland
  12. Italy
  13. Latvia
  14. Lithuania
  15. Mongolia
  16. Netherlands
  17. North Macedonia
  18. Norway
  19. Poland
  20. Romania
  21. Slovakia
  22. Slovenia
  23. Sweden
  24. Switzerland
  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 Leistus terminatus as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Iceland

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 Leistus terminatus 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 Leistus terminatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusLeistus
  7. SpeciesLeistus terminatus (Panzer, 1793)

Synonyms Carabus bructeri, Carabus praeustus, Carabus rufescens, Carabus terminalus, Carabus terminatus, Leistus bructeri, Leistus fuscus, Leistus nigripennis, Leistus praeustus, Leistus pulchellus, Leistus rufescens, Leistus terminatus

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • metsäponsikiitäjäinenFinnish
  • ZwartkopbaardloperDutch
  • brokig kindlöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Leistus terminatus

Other species in the same genus Leistus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Leistus terminatus?

An adult Leistus terminatus measures 5 mm – 8 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Leistus terminatus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Leistus terminatus for 25 countries, including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, China and Denmark. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Leistus terminatus an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Leistus terminatus as introduced in 1 country: Iceland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Leistus terminatus?

Leistus terminatus (Leistus terminatus) 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). Leistus terminatus (Leistus terminatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/leistus-terminatus

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BibTeX
@misc{leistus_terminatus_2026,
  title = {Leistus terminatus (Leistus terminatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/leistus-terminatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}