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Western click beetle

Agriotes ustulatus (Schaller, 1783)

Status not recordedbeetles

The western click beetle (Agriotes ustulatus) is a species in the family Elateridae, order Coleoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Switzerland.

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Quick facts about the western click beetle

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the western click beetle 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 western click beetle 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 the western click beetle 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 western click beetle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderColeoptera
  5. familyElateridae
  6. genusAgriotes
  7. SpeciesAgriotes ustulatus (Schaller, 1783)

Synonyms Agriotes nitidicollis, Elater ustulatus

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • kovařík začoudlýCzech
  • Variabel sædsmælderDanish
  • Rauchiger HumusschnellkäferGerman
  • varjoviljaseppäFinnish
  • mezei pattanóHungarian
  • Vakarinis dirvaspragšisLithuanian
  • Osiewnik obrzeżekPolish
  • Щелкун посевной западныйRussian
  • kováčik poľnýSlovak
  • Variabel kornsmælderDanish
  • Mezei pattanóbogárHungarian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the western click beetle

Other species in the same genus Agriotes.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the western click beetle live?

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

What kind of animal is the western click beetle?

The western click beetle (Agriotes ustulatus) belongs to the family Elateridae 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). Western click beetle (Agriotes ustulatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-click-beetle

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{western_click_beetle_2026,
  title = {Western click beetle (Agriotes ustulatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-click-beetle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}