Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Funck's Rustwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Marsupella funckii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Funck's Rustwort is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Funck's Rustwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Gymnomitriaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Marsupella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Marsupella funckii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Funck's Rustwort

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Funck's Rustwort
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.

Funck's Rustwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden