Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Fringed rue

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ruta chalepensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Fringed rue is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fringed rue
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Rutaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ruta
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ruta chalepensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Fringed rue

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Fringed rue
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.

Fringed rue

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Angola, Sao Tome and Principe), Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Portugal, Spain), North America (Belize, United States), and South America (6 countries).

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.