Cardinal Click Beetle vs false pepperwort

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Marsilea crenata

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while false pepperwort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Elateridae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Marsilea
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	false pepperwort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Cardinal Click Beetle

Habitat

Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

Cardinal Click Beetle

The Cardinal Click Beetle (Ampedus cardinalis) is a species in the genus Ampedus. It is currently classified as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits temperate coniferous forests within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.