Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Streamside Swordfern

Anostirus castaneus compared with Nephrolepis rivularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Streamside Swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Elateridae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Nephrolepis
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Nephrolepis rivularis

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Streamside Swordfern
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.

Streamside Swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.

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.