Cardinal Click Beetle vs Fragrant manjack

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Cordia dichotoma

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Fragrant manjack is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Fragrant manjack
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Elateridae	Cordiaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Cordia
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Cordia dichotoma

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Fragrant manjack

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Fragrant manjack
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.

Fragrant manjack

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burkina Faso, Mauritius), Asia (Iraq, Maldives, Taiwan), and North America (United States).

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.