Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Kirby's Dropwing

Anostirus castaneus compared with Trithemis kirbyi

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Kirby's Dropwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Elateridae	Libellulidae
Genus	Anostirus	Trithemis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Trithemis kirbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Kirby's Dropwing share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Kirby's Dropwing

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Kirby's Dropwing
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.

Kirby's Dropwing

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.