Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Dark Pincertail

Alkanna maleolens compared with Onychogomphus assimilis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Dark Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dark Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Boraginaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Alkanna	Onychogomphus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Onychogomphus assimilis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Dark Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Dark Pincertail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bad-smelling Alkanet

Habitat

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

Dark Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Bad-smelling Alkanet

The Bad-smelling Alkanet (Alkanna maleolens) is a species in the genus Alkanna. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.