Cardinal Click Beetle vs Floating Fern

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Floating Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Floating Fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Elateridae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Salvinia
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Salvinia nymphellula

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

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.