Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs pignut

Anostirus castaneus compared with Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pignut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Elateridae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Mesosphaerum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

pignut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	pignut
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.

pignut

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Guinea, and Timor-Leste.

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.