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Upland Blackclock

Pterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823

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The upland blackclock (Pterostichus adstrictus) is a species in the family Carabidae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 11 countries, including Canada, Denmark and Estonia.

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Quick facts about the upland blackclock

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
11 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the upland 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 upland blackclock is listed for 11 countries.

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

  1. Canada
  2. Denmark
  3. Estonia
  4. Faroe Islands
  5. Finland
  6. Iceland
  7. Ireland
  8. Latvia
  9. Mongolia
  10. Norway
  11. Sweden

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the upland 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 upland blackclock classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyCarabidae
  6. genusPterostichus
  7. SpeciesPterostichus adstrictus Eschscholtz, 1823

Synonyms Bembidium maeklini, Bothriopterus angusticollis, Bothriopterus latebricola, Bothriopterus latescans, Bothriopterus laxicollis, Bothriopterus saxatilis, Bothriopterus sericeus, Bothriopterus sexpunctatus, Bothriopterus shastanus, Feronia adstricta, Feronia commixta, Feronia luczotii, Feronia oblongonotata, Feronia vitreus, Harpalus borealis, Lyperosomus adstrictus, Omaseus bulwerii, Omaseus orinomus, Platysma arcticum, Platysma oblongiusculum, Platysma obtusangulum, Poecilus adstrictus, Pterostichus abasarukini, Pterostichus alternatus, Pterostichus angusticollis, Pterostichus arcticus, Pterostichus borealis, Pterostichus bulwerii, Pterostichus commixtus, Pterostichus fugax, Pterostichus latebricola, Pterostichus latescans, Pterostichus laxicollis, Pterostichus luczotii, Pterostichus maeklini, Pterostichus matveichuki, Pterostichus motschulskyi, Pterostichus oblongiusculus, Pterostichus oblongonotatus, Pterostichus obtusangulus, Pterostichus orinomus, Pterostichus saxatilis, Pterostichus sericeus, Pterostichus seriepunctatus, Pterostichus sexpunctatus, Pterostichus shastanus, Pterostichus vitreus

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • pohjansysikiitäjäinenFinnish
  • エゾマルガタナガゴミムシJapanese
  • 옆길쭉먼지벌레Korean
  • nordsvartlöpareSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the upland blackclock

Other species in the same genus Pterostichus.

Coal-runner

Pterostichus melanarius

CarabidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the upland blackclock live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the upland blackclock for 11 countries, including Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands and Finland. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the upland blackclock?

The upland blackclock (Pterostichus adstrictus) 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). Upland Blackclock (Pterostichus adstrictus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-blackclock

MLA

“Upland Blackclock (Pterostichus adstrictus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-blackclock.

BibTeX
@misc{upland_blackclock_2026,
  title = {Upland Blackclock (Pterostichus adstrictus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-blackclock},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}