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Ophonus cordatus

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Ophonus cordatus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 1 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 26 countries, including Albania, Algeria and Armenia.

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Quick facts about Ophonus cordatus

Weight
Not recorded
Length
7 mm – 1 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
26 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Ophonus cordatus?

OPHONUS CORDATUS · LENGTH 1 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1 cm, the recorded maximum length of the ophonus cordatus is about 0.6% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ophonus cordatus 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.

Ophonus cordatus is listed for 26 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Albania
  2. Algeria
  3. Armenia
  4. Austria
  5. Belgium
  6. Bulgaria
  7. Croatia
  8. France
  9. Georgia
  10. Germany
  11. Greece
  12. Hungary
  13. Italy
  14. Kazakhstan
  15. Morocco
  16. Netherlands
  17. North Macedonia
  18. Poland
  19. Portugal
  20. Romania
  21. Slovakia
  22. Slovenia
  23. Spain
  24. Switzerland
  25. Turkmenistan
  26. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ophonus cordatus 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 Ophonus cordatus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusOphonus
  7. SpeciesOphonus cordatus (Duftschmid, 1812)

Synonyms Carabus cordatus, Carabus porosus, Harpalus cordatoides, Harpalus cordatus, Harpalus ferrugineus, Harpalus iberiae, Harpalus porosus, Harpalus sevastopolitanus, Harpalus signatus, Metophonus cordatus, Ophonus antonowi, Ophonus cordatoides, Ophonus cordatus, Ophonus ferrugineus, Ophonus iberiae, Ophonus perlaetus, Ophonus porosus, Ophonus sevastopolitanus, Ophonus signatus, Penthophonus antonowi

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Ophone cordiformeFrench
  • DuinhalmklimmerDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ophonus cordatus

Other species in the same genus Ophonus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Ophonus cordatus?

An adult Ophonus cordatus measures 7 mm – 1 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Ophonus cordatus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ophonus cordatus for 26 countries, including Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ophonus cordatus?

Ophonus cordatus (Ophonus cordatus) 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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BibTeX
@misc{ophonus_cordatus_2026,
  title = {Ophonus cordatus (Ophonus cordatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-cordatus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}