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Molops piceus

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Molops piceus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.4 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 15 countries, including Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria.

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Quick facts about Molops piceus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
9 mm – 1.4 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
15 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Molops piceus?

MOLOPS PICEUS · LENGTH 1.4 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.4 cm, the recorded maximum length of the molops piceus is about 0.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Molops piceus 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.

Molops piceus is listed for 15 countries.

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

  1. Austria
  2. Belgium
  3. Bulgaria
  4. France
  5. Germany
  6. Hungary
  7. Italy
  8. Netherlands
  9. North Macedonia
  10. Poland
  11. Romania
  12. Slovakia
  13. Slovenia
  14. Switzerland
  15. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Molops piceus 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 Molops piceus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusMolops
  7. SpeciesMolops piceus (Panzer, 1793)

Synonyms Feronia picea, Scarites piceus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Braunfüßiger StriemenkäferGerman
  • Molops ténébreuxFrench
  • PekloopkeverDutch
  • utekáčik hôrnySlovak
  • MolopsFrench
  • Pekbruine bosloperDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Molops piceus

Other species in the same genus Molops.

CompareMolops piceus vs Molops albanicusMolops piceus vs Molops alpestrisMolops piceus vs Molops apfelbeckiMolops piceus vs Molops austriacus

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Molops piceus?

An adult Molops piceus measures 9 mm – 1.4 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Molops piceus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Molops piceus for 15 countries, including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, France and Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Molops piceus?

Molops piceus (Molops piceus) 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). Molops piceus (Molops piceus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/molops-piceus

MLA

“Molops piceus (Molops piceus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/molops-piceus.

BibTeX
@misc{molops_piceus_2026,
  title = {Molops piceus (Molops piceus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/molops-piceus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}