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Ophonus rupicola

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Ophonus rupicola is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 9 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 25 countries, including Albania, Armenia and Austria.

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Quick facts about Ophonus rupicola

Weight
Not recorded
Length
7 mm – 9 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
freshwater, grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
25 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Ophonus rupicola?

OPHONUS RUPICOLA · LENGTH 9 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 9 mm, the recorded maximum length of the ophonus rupicola is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ophonus rupicola 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 rupicola is listed for 25 countries.

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

The same countries as a list

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

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ophonus rupicola 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 rupicola classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusOphonus
  7. SpeciesOphonus rupicola (Sturm, 1818)

Synonyms Harpalus rupicola, Harpalus subcordatus, Harpalus zigzag, Metophonus gruardeti, Metophonus rupicola, Metophonus subferrugatus, Ophonus gruardeti, Ophonus subcordatus, Ophonus subferrugatus, Ophonus zigzag

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Slank kalkløberDanish
  • RotshalmklimmerDutch
  • alvarväglöpareSwedish
  • östlig väglöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ophonus rupicola

Other species in the same genus Ophonus.

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Common questions

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How big is Ophonus rupicola?

An adult Ophonus rupicola measures 7 mm – 9 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Ophonus rupicola live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ophonus rupicola for 25 countries, including Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan and Belgium. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ophonus rupicola?

Ophonus rupicola (Ophonus rupicola) 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). Ophonus rupicola (Ophonus rupicola). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-rupicola

MLA

“Ophonus rupicola (Ophonus rupicola).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-rupicola.

BibTeX
@misc{ophonus_rupicola_2026,
  title = {Ophonus rupicola (Ophonus rupicola)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-rupicola},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}