Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Four-Lined Silverfish

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ctenolepisma lineata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Four-Lined Silverfish is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Four-Lined Silverfish
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Zygentoma (Zygentoma)
Family	Elateridae	Lepismatidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ctenolepisma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ctenolepisma lineata

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Four-Lined Silverfish

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Four-Lined Silverfish
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-Lined Silverfish

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Norway, Portugal, 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden