Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ebony Cup

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pseudoplectania nigrella

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ebony Cup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Elateridae	Sarcosomataceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pseudoplectania
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pseudoplectania nigrella

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ebony Cup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ebony Cup
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.

Ebony Cup

Habitat

Native to Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

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.