Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs King Oyster

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pleurotus eryngii

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while King Oyster is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	King Oyster
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Pleurotaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pleurotus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pleurotus eryngii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

King Oyster

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	King Oyster
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.

King Oyster

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Norway.

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.