chainfruit vs Scuttle fly

Alyxia ilicifolia compared with Megaselia scalaris

Key Differences

• chainfruit is Least Concern while Scuttle fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	chainfruit	Scuttle fly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Apocynaceae	Phoridae
Genus	Alyxia	Megaselia
Species	Alyxia ilicifolia	Megaselia scalaris

Conservation Status

chainfruit

LC — Least Concern

Scuttle fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	chainfruit	Scuttle fly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

chainfruit

Habitat

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

Scuttle fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (14 countries), and North America (Costa Rica, United States).

chainfruit

The Chainfruit (Alyxia ilicifolia) is a species in the genus Alyxia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.