Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Lined Hooktail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Paragomphus lineatus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lined Hooktail
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	Gomphidae
Genus	Anostirus	Paragomphus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Paragomphus lineatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Lined Hooktail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Lined Hooktail

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Lined Hooktail
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.

Lined Hooktail

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.