Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Ping's Juniper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Juniperus pingii

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Ping's Juniper is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ping's Juniper
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Coniferophyta (Conifers)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Pinopsida (Conifers)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pinales (Pines & Allies)
Family	Elateridae	Cupressaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Juniperus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Juniperus pingii

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Ping's Juniper

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Ping's Juniper
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.

Ping's Juniper

Habitat

Typically found in temperate and boreal forests, often at higher elevations.

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.