Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Long-Winged Conehead

Anostirus castaneus compared with Conocephalus fuscus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long-Winged Conehead
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Elateridae	Tettigoniidae
Genus	Anostirus	Conocephalus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Conocephalus fuscus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Long-Winged Conehead share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Long-Winged Conehead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Long-Winged Conehead
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.

Long-Winged Conehead

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Denmark.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark