Cardinal Click Beetle vs Schillerndes Meerohr

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Haliotis varia

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Schillerndes Meerohr is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Schillerndes Meerohr
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Mollusca (Weichtiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Gastropoda (Schnecken)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Lepetellida (Lepetellida)
Family	Elateridae	Haliotidae
Genus	Ampedus	Haliotis
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Haliotis varia

Evolutionary Relationship

Cardinal Click Beetle and Schillerndes Meerohr share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Schillerndes Meerohr

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Schillerndes Meerohr
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.

Schillerndes Meerohr

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Sri Lanka 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.