Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Elegant Polypore

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cerioporus varius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elegant Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Elateridae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cerioporus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cerioporus varius

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Elegant Polypore

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Elegant Polypore
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.

Elegant Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across 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.