Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Crowned Tooth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hydnellum lepidum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Crowned Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crowned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Elateridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hydnellum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hydnellum lepidum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Crowned Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Crowned Tooth
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.

Crowned Tooth

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.