Banded feather-winged beetle vs Dashed Slender Robberfly

Acrotrichis fascicularis compared with Leptogaster guttiventris

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Banded feather-winged beetle	Dashed Slender Robberfly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Ptiliidae	Asilidae
Genus	Acrotrichis	Leptogaster
Species	Acrotrichis fascicularis	Leptogaster guttiventris

Evolutionary Relationship

Banded feather-winged beetle and Dashed Slender Robberfly share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

View Class: Insecta

Conservation Status

Banded feather-winged beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dashed Slender Robberfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Banded feather-winged beetle	Dashed Slender Robberfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Banded feather-winged beetle

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan), Europe (4 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Dashed Slender Robberfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Banded feather-winged beetle

The Banded feather-winged beetle (Acrotrichis fascicularis) is a species in the genus Acrotrichis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.