beach alectryon vs Scuttle fly

Alectryon coriaceus compared with Megaselia scalaris

Key Differences

• beach alectryon is Least Concern while Scuttle fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	beach alectryon	Scuttle fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Phoridae
Genus	Alectryon	Megaselia
Species	Alectryon coriaceus	Megaselia scalaris

Conservation Status

beach alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Scuttle fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	beach alectryon	Scuttle fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

beach alectryon

Habitat

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

Scuttle fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (14 countries), and North America (Costa Rica, United States).

beach alectryon

The Beach alectryon (Alectryon coriaceus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.