Bed-jacket vs Zipperback

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Chrysotoxum elegans

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Zipperback is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Zipperback
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Syrphidae
Genus	Alectryon	Chrysotoxum
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Chrysotoxum elegans

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Zipperback

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Zipperback
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.

Zipperback

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, and Sweden.

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.