Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Drumheads

Anostirus castaneus compared with Polygala cruciata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Drumheads is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Drumheads
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Polygalaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Polygala
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Polygala cruciata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Drumheads

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Drumheads
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.

Drumheads

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found in Canada.

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.