Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Small Stagshorn

Anostirus castaneus compared with Calocera cornea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small Stagshorn
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Dacrymycetes (Dacrymycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dacrymycetales (Dacrymycetales)
Family	Elateridae	Dacrymycetaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Calocera
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Calocera cornea

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Small Stagshorn

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Small Stagshorn
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.

Small Stagshorn

Habitat

Native to Asia and Europe and North America, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (5 countries), and North America (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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden