Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Starrynose stingray

Anostirus castaneus compared with Pastinachus stellurostris

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Starrynose stingray is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Starrynose stingray
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Elateridae	Dasyatidae
Genus	Anostirus	Pastinachus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Pastinachus stellurostris

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Starrynose stingray share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Starrynose stingray

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Starrynose stingray
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.

Starrynose stingray

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.