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Ptinus rufipes

Status not recordedbeetles

Ptinus rufipes is a species in the family Ptinidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 3.91 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about Ptinus rufipes

Weight
Not recorded
Length
3.91 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Ptinus rufipes?

PTINUS RUFIPES · LENGTH 3.91 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 3.91 mm, the recorded maximum length of the ptinus rufipes is about 0.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Ptinus rufipes 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.

Ptinus rufipes is listed for 1 country.

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

  1. Switzerland

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Ptinus rufipes 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 Ptinus rufipes classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyPtinidae
  6. genusPtinus
  7. SpeciesPtinus rufipes A. G. Olivier, 1790

Synonyms Bruchoptinus vicinus, Ptinus brunnescens, Ptinus elegans, Ptinus humeralis, Ptinus montandoni, Ptinus obscurithorax, Ptinus subelongatus

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Rotbeiniger DiebskäferGerman
  • lehtolesiäinenFinnish
  • Ptine rouxFrench
  • Rusvasis VoravabalisLithuanian
  • Pustosz rudonógPolish
  • Притворяшка красноногийRussian
  • Птінус рудоногийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Ptinus rufipes

Other species in the same genus Ptinus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Ptinus rufipes?

An adult Ptinus rufipes measures 3.91 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Ptinus rufipes live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Ptinus rufipes for 1 country: Switzerland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Ptinus rufipes?

Ptinus rufipes (Ptinus rufipes) belongs to the family Ptinidae 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). Ptinus rufipes (Ptinus rufipes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-rufipes

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“Ptinus rufipes (Ptinus rufipes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-rufipes.

BibTeX
@misc{ptinus_rufipes_2026,
  title = {Ptinus rufipes (Ptinus rufipes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ptinus-rufipes},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}