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Microlestes maurus

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Microlestes maurus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 2 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 32 countries, including Albania, Austria and Azerbaijan.

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Quick facts about Microlestes maurus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
2 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
32 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Microlestes maurus?

MICROLESTES MAURUS · LENGTH 2 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2 mm, the recorded maximum length of the microlestes maurus is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Microlestes maurus 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.

Microlestes maurus is listed for 32 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Austria
  3. Azerbaijan
  4. Belarus
  5. Belgium
  6. Bulgaria
  7. Croatia
  8. Cyprus
  9. Denmark
  10. Estonia
  11. Finland
  12. France
  13. Georgia
  14. Germany
  15. Greece
  16. Hungary
  17. Italy
  18. Kazakhstan
  19. Kyrgyzstan
  20. Latvia
  21. Lebanon
  22. Lithuania
  23. Netherlands
  24. North Macedonia
  25. Poland
  26. Portugal
  27. Slovakia
  28. Slovenia
  29. Spain
  30. Sweden
  31. Switzerland
  32. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Microlestes maurus 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 Microlestes maurus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusMicrolestes
  7. SpeciesMicrolestes maurus (Sturm, 1827)

Synonyms Blechrus maurus, Dromias maurus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • DværgstumpløberDanish
  • töpövähäkiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Kleinste dwergloperDutch
  • kort smålöpareSwedish
  • Liden skræntløberDanish
  • knubbig smålöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microlestes maurus

Other species in the same genus Microlestes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Microlestes maurus?

An adult Microlestes maurus measures 2 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Microlestes maurus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Microlestes maurus for 32 countries, including Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Microlestes maurus?

Microlestes maurus (Microlestes maurus) 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). Microlestes maurus (Microlestes maurus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlestes-maurus

MLA

“Microlestes maurus (Microlestes maurus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlestes-maurus.

BibTeX
@misc{microlestes_maurus_2026,
  title = {Microlestes maurus (Microlestes maurus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlestes-maurus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}