Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Oakleaf Cyanea

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cyanea quercifolia

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Oakleaf Cyanea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oakleaf Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Elateridae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Anostirus	Cyanea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cyanea quercifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Oakleaf Cyanea share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Oakleaf Cyanea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Oakleaf Cyanea
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.

Oakleaf Cyanea

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.