Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mexican Flameknee

Anostirus castaneus compared with Brachypelma auratum

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mexican Flameknee is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mexican Flameknee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Elateridae	Theraphosidae
Genus	Anostirus	Brachypelma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Brachypelma auratum

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Mexican Flameknee share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mexican Flameknee

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mexican Flameknee
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.

Mexican Flameknee

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

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.