Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Seychelles Pandanus

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pandanus sechellarum

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Seychelles Pandanus
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Pandanales (Pandanales)
Family	Elateridae	Pandanaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Pandanus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pandanus sechellarum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Seychelles Pandanus

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Seychelles Pandanus
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.

Seychelles Pandanus

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Found in Seychelles. 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.