Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Eastern Plantain-eater

Anostirus castaneus compared with Crinifer zonurus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eastern Plantain-eater
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Musophagiformes (Musophagiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Musophagidae
Genus	Anostirus	Crinifer
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Crinifer zonurus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Eastern Plantain-eater share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Eastern Plantain-eater

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Eastern Plantain-eater
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.

Eastern Plantain-eater

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Norway.

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:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway