Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Plain Dark-bee

Anostirus castaneus compared with Stelis phaeoptera

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Plain Dark-bee is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain Dark-bee
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Elateridae	Megachilidae
Genus	Anostirus	Stelis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Stelis phaeoptera

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Plain Dark-bee share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Plain Dark-bee

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Plain Dark-bee
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.

Plain Dark-bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden