Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Rust Colored Crab

Anostirus castaneus compared with Geothelphusa ferruginea

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Rust Colored Crab is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rust Colored Crab
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Malacostraca (Crustaceans)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Decapoda (Decapoda)
Family	Elateridae	Potamidae
Genus	Anostirus	Geothelphusa
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Geothelphusa ferruginea

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Rust Colored Crab share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rust Colored Crab

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rust Colored Crab
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.

Rust Colored Crab

Habitat

Typically found in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments.

Range

Found in Taiwan.

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.