Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hardback Beetle

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tenebrio molitor

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hardback Beetle
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Elateridae	Tenebrionidae
Genus	Anostirus	Tenebrio
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tenebrio molitor

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Hardback Beetle share a common ancestor at the Order level: Coleoptera. (Beetles)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hardback Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hardback Beetle
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.

Hardback Beetle

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate coniferous forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Mongolia), Europe (9 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

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 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland