Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Goa-bean

Anostirus castaneus compared with Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Goa-bean is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Goa-bean
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Psophocarpus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Goa-bean

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Goa-bean
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.

Goa-bean

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, and Taiwan.

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.