Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Painted Suillus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Suillus spraguei

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Painted Suillus is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Painted Suillus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boletales (Boletales)
Family	Elateridae	Suillaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Suillus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Suillus spraguei

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Painted Suillus

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Painted Suillus
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.

Painted Suillus

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Taiwan and United States.

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.