Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Four-barred Major

Anostirus castaneus compared with Oxycera rara

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Four-barred Major is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Four-barred Major
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Elateridae	Stratiomyidae
Genus	Anostirus	Oxycera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Oxycera rara

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Four-barred Major share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Four-barred Major

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Four-barred Major
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.

Four-barred Major

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Denmark.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark