Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs redhead

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hamelia patens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	redhead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Elateridae	Rubiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hamelia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hamelia patens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

redhead

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	redhead
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.

redhead

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Burundi, Congo (DRC), Seychelles), Asia (India, Taiwan), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, Palau), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.