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Trechus rubens

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Trechus rubens is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Recorded adults reach 6 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 25 countries, including Austria, Belarus and Belgium.

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Quick facts about Trechus rubens

Weight
Not recorded
Length
5 mm – 6 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, freshwater, wetland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
25 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is Trechus rubens?

TRECHUS RUBENS · LENGTH 6 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6 mm, the recorded maximum length of the trechus rubens is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Trechus rubens 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.

Trechus rubens is listed for 25 countries.

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

  1. Austria
  2. Belarus
  3. Belgium
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Canada
  6. Croatia
  7. Denmark
  8. Estonia
  9. Finland
  10. France
  11. Germany
  12. Iceland
  13. Ireland
  14. Italy
  15. Latvia
  16. Lithuania
  17. Netherlands
  18. Norway
  19. Poland
  20. Romania
  21. Slovakia
  22. Slovenia
  23. Sweden
  24. Switzerland
  25. Ukraine

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Trechus rubens as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Canada
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Trechus rubens 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 Trechus rubens classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusTrechus
  7. SpeciesTrechus rubens (Fabricius, 1792)

Synonyms Bembidium paludosum, Carabus palpalis, Carabus rubens, Carabus tristis, Epaphius rubens, Trechus marginalis, Trechus pallidus, Trechus palpalis, Trechus paludosus, Trechus tristis

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Stor grotteløberDanish
  • isokätkökiitäjäinenFinnish
  • Rode boogkeverDutch
  • skuggbrunlöpareSwedish
  • Stor hurtigløberDanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Trechus rubens

Other species in the same genus Trechus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Trechus rubens?

An adult Trechus rubens measures 5 mm – 6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Trechus rubens live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Trechus rubens for 25 countries, including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria and Canada. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is Trechus rubens an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Trechus rubens as introduced in 2 countries: Canada and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Trechus rubens?

Trechus rubens (Trechus rubens) 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). Trechus rubens (Trechus rubens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/trechus-rubens

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“Trechus rubens (Trechus rubens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/trechus-rubens.

BibTeX
@misc{trechus_rubens_2026,
  title = {Trechus rubens (Trechus rubens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/trechus-rubens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}