Alectryon vs Pavement ant

Alectryon tropicus compared with Tetramorium caespitum

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while Pavement ant is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	Pavement ant
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Sapindaceae	Formicidae
Genus	Alectryon	Tetramorium
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Tetramorium caespitum

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

Pavement ant

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	Pavement ant
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Pavement ant

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (India), Europe (6 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Argentina, Venezuela).

Alectryon

The Alectryon (Alectryon tropicus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.