Bed-jacket vs Rove beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Aleochara verna

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Rove beetle is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Rove beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Sapindaceae	Staphylinidae
Genus	Alectryon	Aleochara
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Aleochara verna

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Rove beetle

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Rove 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.

Rove beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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