Bed-jacket vs Redshouldered ham beetle

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Necrobia ruficollis

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Redshouldered ham beetle is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Redshouldered ham beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (растения)	Animalia (животные)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (магнолиофиты)	Arthropoda (членистоногие)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (насекомые)
Order	Sapindales (сапиндоцветные)	Coleoptera (жесткокрылые)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cleridae
Genus	Alectryon	Necrobia
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Necrobia ruficollis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Redshouldered ham beetle

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Redshouldered ham beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

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

Redshouldered ham beetle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 8 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (12 countries), and North America (Canada, United States). Currently classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.