#3266 · 🪲 beetles
bordered click beetle
🇳🇱 Slanke kniptor ·Denticollis linearis
🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 1931 AR Egmond aan Zee, Nederland
📍 Leidschendam, Nederland
📍 7779 Holthone, Nederland
📍 Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland
📍 Lisse, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Christian Sørensen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Per Hoffmann Olsen · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Michael Knapp · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Ramunė Vakarė · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 5. © Thorsten Usée · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. 1931 AR Egmond aan Zee, Nederland:© Ksenija · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. 7779 Holthone, Nederland:© Anneke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Haagse Hout, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Lisse, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Denticollis linearis is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae subfamily Dendrometrinae.
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 98 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,004 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- bordered click beetle
- Nederlands
- Slanke kniptor
- scientific name
- Denticollis linearis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Elateridae
- sightings in NL
- 98
- sightings in Europe
- 2,401
- sightings worldwide
- 3,004
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,691
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Elateridae
#3189 📷 10common brown click beetle
🇳🇱 Roodaarskniptor
Athous haemorrhoidalis
👀 404 in NL
#3190 📷 10Mottled dingy-brown click beetle
🇳🇱 Muisgrijze kniptor
Agrypnus murinus
👀 395 in NL
#3264 📷 7Zwarte speerkniptor
Ectinus aterrimus
👀 100 in NL
#3294 📷 10chequered click beetle
🇳🇱 Fluweelkniptor
Prosternon tessellatum
👀 74 in NL
#3298 📷 10margined click beetle
🇳🇱 Gerande kniptor
Dalopius marginatus
👀 72 in NL
#3301 📷 10Koperkleurige kniptor
Cidnopus aeruginosus
👀 71 in NL
#3308 📷 7Athous subfuscus
Athous subfuscus
👀 66 in NL
#3311 📷 10Polderkniptor
Hemicrepidius niger
👀 65 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 521223, Wikidata Q1836904, GBIF 4428881, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.