Broken Hill Gidgee vs Dried Fruit Beetle

Acacia loderi compared with Carpophilus hemipterus

Key Differences

• Broken Hill Gidgee is Near Threatened while Dried Fruit Beetle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broken Hill Gidgee	Dried Fruit Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Fabaceae	Nitidulidae
Genus	Acacia	Carpophilus
Species	Acacia loderi	Carpophilus hemipterus

Conservation Status

Broken Hill Gidgee

NT — Near Threatened

Dried Fruit Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broken Hill Gidgee	Dried Fruit Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broken Hill Gidgee

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Dried Fruit Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Europe (22 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Broken Hill Gidgee

The Broken Hill Gidgee (Acacia loderi) is a species in the genus Acacia. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.