Bed-jacket vs Delicate Soldier

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Oxycera nigricornis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Delicate Soldier is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Delicate Soldier
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Alectryon	Oxycera
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Oxycera nigricornis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Delicate Soldier

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Delicate Soldier
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Delicate Soldier

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) 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.