Cardinal Click Beetle vs Hormiguerillo

Ampedus cardinalis compared with Senna multijuga

Key Differences

• Cardinal Click Beetle is Critically Endangered while Hormiguerillo is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Cardinal Click Beetle	Hormiguerillo
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (coleópteros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Ampedus	Senna
Species	Ampedus cardinalis	Senna multijuga

Conservation Status

Cardinal Click Beetle

CR — Critically Endangered

Hormiguerillo

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Cardinal Click Beetle	Hormiguerillo
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.

Hormiguerillo

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Afrotropic and Neotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Europe (Portugal), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.