Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Key lime

Anostirus castaneus compared with Citrus aurantiifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Key lime is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Key lime
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Rutaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Citrus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Citrus aurantiifolia

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Key lime

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Key lime
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.

Key lime

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (9 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (United Kingdom), North America (Costa Rica, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Peru).

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.