Bed-jacket vs Long-legged fly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Dolichopus rupestris

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Long-legged fly is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Long-legged fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Dolichopodidae
Genus	Alectryon	Dolichopus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Dolichopus rupestris

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Long-legged fly

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Long-legged fly
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.

Long-legged fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.