Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mesquite

Anostirus castaneus compared with Prosopis pallida

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mesquite
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Fabaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Prosopis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Prosopis pallida

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mesquite

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mesquite
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.

Mesquite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (5 countries), Asia (India, Timor-Leste), North America (United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Kiribati), and South America (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia).

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.