Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dot-Winged Mantis

Anostirus castaneus compared with Iris polystictica

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dot-Winged Mantis is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dot-Winged Mantis
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Mantodea (Mantodea)
Family	Elateridae	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Anostirus	Iris
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Iris polystictica

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Dot-Winged Mantis share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dot-Winged Mantis

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dot-Winged Mantis
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.

Dot-Winged Mantis

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.