Bed-jacket vs Staph beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Phacophallus pallidipennis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Staph beetle is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Staph 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	Phacophallus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Phacophallus pallidipennis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Staph beetle

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Staph 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.

Staph beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Indonesia), Europe (Denmark, Portugal, Sweden), and North America (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.