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Microlestes nigrinus

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Microlestes nigrinus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Canada.

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Quick facts about Microlestes nigrinus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Microlestes 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.

Microlestes nigrinus is listed for 1 country.

Canada
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Canada

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Microlestes 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 Microlestes nigrinus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusMicrolestes
  7. SpeciesMicrolestes nigrinus (Mannerheim, 1843)

Synonyms Blechrus fretus, Blechrus nigrinus fretus, Blechrus nigrinus obispinus, Blechrus obispinus, Dromius nigrinus, Microlestes fretus, Microlestes obispinus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Microlestes nigrinus

Other species in the same genus Microlestes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Microlestes nigrinus live?

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

What kind of animal is Microlestes nigrinus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{microlestes_nigrinus_2026,
  title = {Microlestes nigrinus (Microlestes nigrinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/microlestes-nigrinus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}