Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Longspine chimaera

Anostirus castaneus compared with Chimaera macrospina

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Longspine chimaera
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Holocephali (Holocephali)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Chimaeriformes (Chimaeriformes)
Family	Elateridae	Chimaeridae
Genus	Anostirus	Chimaera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Chimaera macrospina

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Longspine chimaera

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Longspine chimaera
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.

Longspine chimaera

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.