Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mediterranean Aegilops

Anostirus castaneus compared with Aegilops biuncialis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mediterranean Aegilops
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Elateridae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Anostirus	Aegilops
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Aegilops biuncialis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean Aegilops

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mediterranean Aegilops
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.

Mediterranean Aegilops

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across France and Slovenia.

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.