Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Spur-winged Lapwing

Anostirus castaneus compared with Vanellus spinosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Spur-winged Lapwing is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spur-winged Lapwing
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Charadriiformes (Charadriiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Charadriidae
Genus	Anostirus	Vanellus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Vanellus spinosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Spur-winged Lapwing share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Spur-winged Lapwing

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Spur-winged Lapwing
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.

Spur-winged Lapwing

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.

Spur-winged Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) is classified as Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List. Not yet evaluated against IUCN Red List criteria. Conservation status remains to be determined.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

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