Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Dwarf Mountain Pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Dwarf Mountain Pine is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Mountain Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pherosphaera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Dwarf Mountain Pine

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Dwarf Mountain Pine
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.

Dwarf Mountain Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.