Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Cormorant tick

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ixodes unicavatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Cormorant tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cormorant tick
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Elateridae	Ixodidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ixodes
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ixodes unicavatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Cormorant tick share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Cormorant tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Cormorant tick
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Cormorant tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Found in Sweden.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden