Alectryon vs root-eating beetle

Alectryon tropicus compared with Rhizophagus bipustulatus

Key Differences

• Alectryon is Near Threatened while root-eating beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Alectryon	root-eating beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Monotomidae
Genus	Alectryon	Rhizophagus
Species	Alectryon tropicus	Rhizophagus bipustulatus

Conservation Status

Alectryon

NT — Near Threatened

root-eating beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Alectryon	root-eating beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Alectryon

Habitat

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

root-eating beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, and Sweden.

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.