Hardback Beetle vs Ningaui Pilbara

Tenebrio molitor compared with Ningaui timealeyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Hardback Beetle	Ningaui Pilbara
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Mammalia (mammifères)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Tenebrionidae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Tenebrio	Ningaui
Species	Tenebrio molitor	Ningaui timealeyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Hardback Beetle and Ningaui Pilbara share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (animal)

Conservation Status

Hardback Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ningaui Pilbara

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Hardback Beetle	Ningaui Pilbara
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Hardback Beetle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Mongolia), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Ningaui Pilbara

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.