Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Koonac

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cherax preissii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Koonac
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Elateridae	Parastacidae
Genus	Anostirus	Cherax
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cherax preissii

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Koonac share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Koonac

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Koonac
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.

Koonac

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway