Cardinal Click Beetle vs mango-pine

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Barringtonia asiatica

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while mango-pine is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	mango-pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Elateridae	Lecythidaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Barringtonia
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Barringtonia asiatica

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

mango-pine

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	mango-pine
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.

mango-pine

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Antigua and Barbuda, Comoros, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Taiwan.

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.