Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Tufted Bracket

Anostirus castaneus compared with Fuscoporia torulosa

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Tufted Bracket is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tufted Bracket
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenochaetales (Hymenochaetales)
Family	Elateridae	Hymenochaetaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Fuscoporia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Fuscoporia torulosa

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Tufted Bracket

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Tufted Bracket
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.

Tufted Bracket

Habitat

Typically found in forest floors, decomposing wood, and soil ecosystems.

Range

Found in Norway.

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.