Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Taiga tick

Anostirus castaneus compared with Ixodes persulcatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Taiga tick is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Taiga tick
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ixodida (Ixodida)
Family	Elateridae	Ixodidae
Genus	Anostirus	Ixodes
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Ixodes persulcatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Taiga tick share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Taiga tick

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Taiga tick
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.

Taiga tick

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Sweden and Taiwan.

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 1 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden