Bed-jacket vs Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Ophonus puncticeps

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Bed-jacket Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Insecta (Insects)
Order Sapindales (Sapindales) Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family Sapindaceae Carabidae
Genus Alectryon Ophonus
Species Alectryon tomentosus Ophonus puncticeps

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Bed-jacket Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle
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.

Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (4 countries) and North America (Canada, United States).

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.

Puncture-Headed Harp Ground Beetle

No description available.

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