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#3432 · 🪲 beetles

Beukenzwartkever

Melandrya caraboides

🪲 Beetles 📍 in the Netherlands
Beukenzwartkever, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Marie Lou Legrand · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

De beukenzwartkever ( Melandrya caraboides ) is een keversoort uit de familie zwamspartelkevers (Melandryidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1761 gepubliceerd door Linnaeus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 28iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 317iNaturalist observations

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 28 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 317 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1760 (266 years ago).

fact sheet

Nederlands
Beukenzwartkever
scientific name
Melandrya caraboides
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Melandryidae
sightings in NL
28
sightings in Europe
304
sightings worldwide
317
GBIF records in NL
366
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1760

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 177107, Wikidata Q2112020, GBIF 4453698, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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