Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lesser Akialoa

Anostirus castaneus compared with Akialoa obscura

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Lesser Akialoa is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser Akialoa
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Elateridae	Fringillidae
Genus	Anostirus	Akialoa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Akialoa obscura

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lesser Akialoa share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lesser Akialoa

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lesser Akialoa
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.

Lesser Akialoa

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic 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