Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Peruvian Laucha

Anostirus castaneus compared with Calomys sorellus

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Peruvian Laucha
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Rodentia (Rodents)
Family	Elateridae	Cricetidae
Genus	Anostirus	Calomys
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Calomys sorellus

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Peruvian Laucha

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Peruvian Laucha
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.

Peruvian Laucha

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic 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.