Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs false pepperwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Marsilea crenata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	false pepperwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Elateridae	Marsileaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Marsilea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Marsilea crenata

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

false pepperwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	false pepperwort
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.

false pepperwort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Indonesia.

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.