Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Nitrous Pinkgill

Anostirus castaneus compared with Entoloma politum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nitrous Pinkgill
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Entolomataceae
Genus	Anostirus	Entoloma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Entoloma politum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Nitrous Pinkgill

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nitrous Pinkgill
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.

Nitrous Pinkgill

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

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.