Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Laurel Mapurito

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nectandra truxillensis

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Laurel Mapurito is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Laurel Mapurito
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Laurales (Laurales)
Family	Elateridae	Lauraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Nectandra
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nectandra truxillensis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Laurel Mapurito

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Laurel Mapurito
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.

Laurel Mapurito

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.