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Oligota parva

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Oligota parva is a species in the family Staphylinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.05 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Argentina, Chile and South Africa.

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Quick facts about Oligota parva

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.05 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Oligota parva?

OLIGOTA PARVA · LENGTH 1.05 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.05 mm, the recorded maximum length of the oligota parva is about 0.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Oligota parva 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.

Oligota parva is listed for 3 countries.

ArgentinaChileSouth Africa
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Argentina
  2. Chile
  3. South Africa

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Oligota parva as introduced in 7 countries.

  1. Austria
  2. Denmark
  3. Estonia
  4. France
  5. Sweden
  6. United Kingdom
  7. United States

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 Oligota parva 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 Oligota parva classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyStaphylinidae
  6. genusOligota
  7. SpeciesOligota parva Kraatz, 1862

Synonyms Oligota aliena, Oligota californica, Oligota congruens, Oligota contempta, Oligota esmeraldae, Oligota pygmaea

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Oligota parva

Other species in the same genus Oligota.

CompareOligota parva vs Oligota adpropinquansOligota parva vs Oligota aethiopsOligota parva vs Oligota affinisOligota parva vs Oligota anatolica

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Oligota parva?

An adult Oligota parva measures 1.05 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Oligota parva live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Oligota parva for 3 countries: Argentina, Chile and South Africa. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Oligota parva an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Oligota parva as introduced in 7 countries, including Austria, Denmark, Estonia, France and Sweden, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Oligota parva?

Oligota parva (Oligota parva) belongs to the family Staphylinidae 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). Oligota parva (Oligota parva). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/oligota-parva

MLA

“Oligota parva (Oligota parva).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/oligota-parva.

BibTeX
@misc{oligota_parva_2026,
  title = {Oligota parva (Oligota parva)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/oligota-parva},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}