Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dark Pincertail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Onychogomphus assimilis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dark Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dark Pincertail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Elateridae	Gomphidae
Genus	Anostirus	Onychogomphus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Onychogomphus assimilis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Dark Pincertail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dark Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dark Pincertail
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.

Dark Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.