Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Malayan-sword

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aglaonema simplex

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malayan-sword
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Alismatales (Alismatales)
Family	Elateridae	Araceae
Genus	Anostirus	Aglaonema
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aglaonema simplex

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Malayan-sword

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Malayan-sword
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.

Malayan-sword

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.