Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs

Anostirus castaneus compared with Sphingomonas pseudosanguinis

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 pseudosanguinis

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 pseudosanguinis is a Gram-negative aerobic rod resembling but distinct from blood-associated sphingomonads. It has been isolated from hospital environments, clinical specimens, and diverse soils. This aerobic chemoheterotroph is occasionally an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients.

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