Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Redbox

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Redbox is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Redbox
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Elateridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Eucalyptus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eucalyptus polyanthemos

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Redbox

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Redbox
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.

Redbox

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Rwanda), Asia (India, Taiwan), Europe (Portugal), North America (United States), and South America (Brazil). Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.