Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Shiny Dufourea

Anostirus castaneus compared with Dufourea minuta

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Shiny Dufourea is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shiny Dufourea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Elateridae	Halictidae
Genus	Anostirus	Dufourea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Dufourea minuta

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Shiny Dufourea share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Shiny Dufourea

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Shiny Dufourea
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.

Shiny Dufourea

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden