Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mediterranean lineseed

Anostirus castaneus compared with Bellardia trixago

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mediterranean lineseed is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mediterranean lineseed
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Elateridae	Calliphoridae
Genus	Anostirus	Bellardia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Bellardia trixago

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Mediterranean lineseed share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mediterranean lineseed

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mediterranean lineseed
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 lineseed

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan), Europe (8 countries), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (Chile).

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 1 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium