Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Forcipate Emerald

Anostirus castaneus compared with Somatochlora forcipata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Forcipate Emerald
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Elateridae	Corduliidae
Genus	Anostirus	Somatochlora
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Somatochlora forcipata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Forcipate Emerald share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Forcipate Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Forcipate Emerald
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.

Forcipate Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in 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.