Smooth-chested Blackclock
Pterostichus diligens (Sturm, 1824)
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The smooth-chested blackclock (Pterostichus diligens) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 6 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 31 countries, including Albania, Austria and Belarus.
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Quick facts about the smooth-chested blackclock
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 4 mm – 6 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- grasslandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 31 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the smooth-chested blackclock?
Where does the smooth-chested blackclock 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.
The smooth-chested blackclock is listed for 31 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
- Albania
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Netherlands
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: CarabCat (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the smooth-chested blackclock 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 the smooth-chested blackclock classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderColeoptera
- familyCarabidae
- genusPterostichus
- SpeciesPterostichus diligens (Sturm, 1824)
Synonyms Argutor assimilis, Argutor barthei, Argutor diligens, Argutor maeoticus, Argutor minutus, Argutor politus, Carabus rotundicollis, Feronia boreella, Feronia diligens, Feronia heyerii, Harpalus pullus, Phonias diligens, Platysma diligens, Pterostichus anomalis, Pterostichus assimilis, Pterostichus barthei, Pterostichus bistriatus, Pterostichus boreellus, Pterostichus emarginatus, Pterostichus glaber, Pterostichus heyerii, Pterostichus maeoticus, Pterostichus minutus, Pterostichus nigripes, Pterostichus orcinulus, Pterostichus piceus, Pterostichus politus, Pterostichus pullus, Pterostichus rotundicollis, Pterostichus rubellicornis, Pterostichus rufescens, Pterostichus rufiventris, Pterostichus strenuus, Pterostichus subfuscus
Other names and names in other languages (7)
- Brunbenet jordløberDanish
- Brunbenet muldløberDanish
- korpisysikiitäjäinenFinnish
- キタヒメナガゴミムシJapanese
- Gladde zwartschildDutch
- Платизма драгоценнаяRussian
- strandsvartlöpareSwedish
Relatives of the smooth-chested blackclock
Other species in the same genus Pterostichus.
Coal-runner
Pterostichus melanarius
Spring Blackclock
Pterostichus vernalis
Bronzed Blackclock
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus
Upland Blackclock
Pterostichus adstrictus
Ebony Blackclock
Pterostichus aethiops
Ground beetle
Pterostichus aterrimus
CompareSmooth-chested Blackclock vs Coal-runnerSmooth-chested Blackclock vs Spring BlackclockSmooth-chested Blackclock vs Bronzed BlackclockSmooth-chested Blackclock vs Upland Blackclock
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the smooth-chested blackclock?
An adult smooth-chested blackclock measures 4 mm – 6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the smooth-chested blackclock live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the smooth-chested blackclock for 31 countries, including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
What kind of animal is the smooth-chested blackclock?
The smooth-chested blackclock (Pterostichus diligens) 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.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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