Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Deceitful Crayfish

Anostirus castaneus compared with Procambarus fallax

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Deceitful Crayfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Deceitful Crayfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Elateridae	Cambaridae
Genus	Anostirus	Procambarus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Procambarus fallax

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Deceitful Crayfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Deceitful Crayfish
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.

Deceitful Crayfish

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Distributed across Estonia, Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Ukraine.

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 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden