Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Rooting Polypore

Anostirus castaneus compared with Polyporus radicatus

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Rooting Polypore is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rooting Polypore
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Elateridae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Polyporus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Polyporus radicatus

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rooting Polypore

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rooting Polypore
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.

Rooting Polypore

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Norway and United States.

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.