Cardinal Click Beetle vs Hard Alectryon

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Alectryon subdentatus

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Hard Alectryon is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Hard Alectryon
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Sapindaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Alectryon
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Alectryon subdentatus

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Hard Alectryon

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Hard Alectryon
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.

Hard Alectryon

Habitat

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

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.