Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sphingomonas panni

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Bacteria (Bacteria)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Proteobacteria (Proteobacteria)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Alphaproteobacteria (Alphaproteobacteria)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Sphingomonadales (Sphingomonadales)
Family	Elateridae	Sphingomonadaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Sphingomonas
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Sphingomonas panni

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle
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.

Habitat

Native to Asia, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in 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.

Sphingomonas panni is a yellow-pigmented, Gram-negative aerobic bacterium first isolated from a nylon-degrading environment. It inhabits industrial and contaminated soil environments where synthetic polymers may be present. This bacterium degrades nylon oligomers and participates in the breakdown of synthetic organic compounds.