Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Light Red Meranti

Anostirus castaneus compared with Shorea lepidota

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Light Red Meranti is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Light Red Meranti
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Elateridae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Shorea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Shorea lepidota

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Light Red Meranti

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Light Red Meranti
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.

Light Red Meranti

Habitat

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

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.