Bad-smelling Alkanet vs tropical bed bug

Alkanna maleolens compared with Cimex hemipterus

Key Differences

• Bad-smelling Alkanet is Critically Endangered while tropical bed bug is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tropical bed bug
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Boraginales (Boraginales)	Hemiptera (Hemiptera)
Family	Boraginaceae	Cimicidae
Genus	Alkanna	Cimex
Species	Alkanna maleolens	Cimex hemipterus

Conservation Status

Bad-smelling Alkanet

CR — Critically Endangered

tropical bed bug

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bad-smelling Alkanet	tropical bed bug
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.

tropical bed bug

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across France, Sweden, and Taiwan.

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.