Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Spiny Threadwort

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cephaloziella spinigera

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spiny Threadwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Marchantiophyta (liverwort)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Jungermanniopsida (Jungermanniopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Jungermanniales (Jungermanniales)
Family	Elateridae	Cephaloziellaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Cephaloziella
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cephaloziella spinigera

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Spiny Threadwort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spiny Threadwort
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.

Spiny Threadwort

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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.