Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Two-spotted Groundhopper

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tetrix bipunctata

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Two-spotted Groundhopper is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Two-spotted Groundhopper
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Orthoptera (Orthoptera)
Family	Elateridae	Tetrigidae
Genus	Anostirus	Tetrix
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tetrix bipunctata

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Two-spotted Groundhopper share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Two-spotted Groundhopper

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Two-spotted Groundhopper
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.

Two-spotted Groundhopper

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden