Bad-smelling Alkanet vs Throat botfly

Alkanna maleolens compared with Gasterophilus nasalis

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while Throat botfly is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Throat botfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Oestridae
Genus	Alkanna	Gasterophilus
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Gasterophilus nasalis

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

Throat botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	Throat botfly
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.

Throat botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.