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Ophonus hystrix

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Ophonus hystrix is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 5 countries, including China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

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Quick facts about Ophonus hystrix

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
5 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Ophonus hystrix 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 hystrix is listed for 5 countries.

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

  1. China
  2. Kazakhstan
  3. Kyrgyzstan
  4. Mongolia
  5. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ophonus hystrix 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 hystrix classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusOphonus
  7. SpeciesOphonus hystrix Reitter, 1894

Synonyms Metophonus hystrix

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ophonus hystrix

Other species in the same genus Ophonus.

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Common questions

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Where does Ophonus hystrix live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ophonus hystrix for 5 countries: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia and Uzbekistan. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ophonus hystrix?

Ophonus hystrix (Ophonus hystrix) 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_hystrix_2026,
  title = {Ophonus hystrix (Ophonus hystrix)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-hystrix},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}