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Ophonus syriacus

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Ophonus syriacus is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including Algeria, Egypt and Libya.

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Quick facts about Ophonus syriacus

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
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does Ophonus syriacus 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 syriacus is listed for 6 countries.

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

  1. Algeria
  2. Egypt
  3. Libya
  4. Morocco
  5. Spain
  6. Tunisia

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ophonus syriacus 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 syriacus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusOphonus
  7. SpeciesOphonus syriacus (Dejean, 1829)

Synonyms Dichirotrichus barbarus, Dichirotrichus praeustus, Harpalus barbarus, Harpalus syriacus, Metophonus syriacus, Ophonus barbarus, Ophonus praeustus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ophonus syriacus

Other species in the same genus Ophonus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Ophonus syriacus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ophonus syriacus for 6 countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Spain. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ophonus syriacus?

Ophonus syriacus (Ophonus syriacus) 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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CreatureData. (2026). Ophonus syriacus (Ophonus syriacus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-syriacus

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

BibTeX
@misc{ophonus_syriacus_2026,
  title = {Ophonus syriacus (Ophonus syriacus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ophonus-syriacus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}