Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Sucking louse

Anostirus castaneus compared with Polyplax spinulosa

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Sucking louse is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sucking louse
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Psocodea (Psocodea)
Family	Elateridae	Polyplacidae
Genus	Anostirus	Polyplax
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Polyplax spinulosa

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Sucking louse share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Sucking louse

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Sucking louse
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.

Sucking louse

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), and North America (United States).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 5 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland