Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Hump-backed fly

Anostirus castaneus compared with Megaselia rufipes

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Hump-backed fly is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hump-backed fly
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Elateridae	Phoridae
Genus	Anostirus	Megaselia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Megaselia rufipes

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Hump-backed fly share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Hump-backed fly

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Hump-backed fly
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.

Hump-backed fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, and 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 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden