Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mount Mawson Pine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pherosphaera hookeriana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Mount Mawson Pine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mount Mawson Pine
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Podocarpaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pherosphaera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pherosphaera hookeriana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mount Mawson Pine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mount Mawson Pine
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.

Mount Mawson Pine

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.