Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Doum Palm

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Elateridae	Arecaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hyphaene
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Doum Palm
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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

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.