Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs fox tapeworm

Anostirus castaneus compared with Echinococcus multilocularis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while fox tapeworm is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	fox tapeworm
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Platyhelminthes (Platyhelminthes)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Cestoda (Cestoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Cyclophyllidea (Cyclophyllidea)
Family	Elateridae	Taeniidae
Genus	Anostirus	Echinococcus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Echinococcus multilocularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and fox tapeworm share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

fox tapeworm

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	fox tapeworm
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.

fox tapeworm

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Japan, Norway, Poland, and Sweden.

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:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden