Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Superb Cyanea

Anostirus castaneus compared with Cyanea superba

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Superb Cyanea is Extinct in the Wild.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Superb Cyanea
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Cnidaria (Cnidarians)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Scyphozoa (Scyphozoa)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Semaeostomeae (Semaeostomeae)
Family	Elateridae	Cyaneidae
Genus	Anostirus	Cyanea
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Cyanea superba

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Superb Cyanea

EW — Extinct in the Wild

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Superb Cyanea
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.

Superb Cyanea

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.