Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Fern Palm

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cycas revoluta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Fern Palm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fern Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Cycadopsida (Cycadopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cycadales (Cycadales)
Family	Elateridae	Cycadaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cycas
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cycas revoluta

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fern Palm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fern Palm
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.

Fern Palm

Habitat

Native to Africa and Asia and Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.