Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Nutmeg

Anostirus castaneus compared with Myristica fragrans

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Nutmeg is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nutmeg
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Magnoliales (Magnoliales)
Family	Elateridae	Myristicaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Myristica
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Myristica fragrans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Nutmeg

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Nutmeg
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.

Nutmeg

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Congo (DRC), Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles), Asia (India, Laos, Taiwan), and South America (Brazil).

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.