Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Grey Falsebolete

Anostirus castaneus compared with Boletopsis grisea

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Grey Falsebolete is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Falsebolete
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Elateridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Boletopsis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Boletopsis grisea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Grey Falsebolete

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Grey Falsebolete
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.

Grey Falsebolete

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.