Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Southern Bracket

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ganoderma australe

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Southern Bracket is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Southern Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polyporales (Polyporales)
Family	Elateridae	Polyporaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Ganoderma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ganoderma australe

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Southern Bracket

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Southern Bracket
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.

Southern Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Norway, Portugal, and 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway