Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Senegal prickly-ash

Anostirus castaneus compared with Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Senegal prickly-ash
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Elateridae	Rutaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Zanthoxylum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Zanthoxylum zanthoxyloides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Senegal prickly-ash

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Senegal prickly-ash
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.

Senegal prickly-ash

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Guinea.

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.