#3338 · 🪲 beetles
Akkersnelloper
Anchomenus dorsalis
📍 Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands
📍 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands
📍 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands
📍 9672 TD Winschoten, Niederlande
📍 Zoetermeer, Nederland
📍 Zoetermeer, Nederland
📍 Zoetermeer, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rasmus Allesoee · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © anonymous · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. Leidschenveen-Ypenburg, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 1749 CP Warmenhuizen, Netherlands:© 05gi02el03 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 9672 TD Winschoten, Niederlande:© Li Wef. · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Zoetermeer, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anchomenus dorsalis is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Platyninae. It is found in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 49 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 2,329 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Erik Pontoppidan in 1763 (263 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Akkersnelloper
- scientific name
- Anchomenus dorsalis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- sightings in NL
- 49
- sightings in Europe
- 2,118
- sightings worldwide
- 2,329
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,148
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1763 by Erik Pontoppidan
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👀 113 in NL
#3286 📷 10European Gazelle Beetle
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Nebria brevicollis
👀 79 in NL
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 480682, Wikidata Q1009939, GBIF 5754974, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.