Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Macedonian Pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pinus peuce

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Macedonian Pine is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Macedonian Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Pinaceae (Pine Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Pinus (Pines)
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pinus peuce

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Macedonian Pine

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Macedonian Pine
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.

Macedonian Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries).

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden