Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Upright Knight

Anostirus castaneus compared with Tricholoma stans

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Upright Knight is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Upright Knight
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Agaricales (Gilled Mushrooms)
Family	Elateridae	Tricholomataceae
Genus	Anostirus	Tricholoma
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Tricholoma stans

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Upright Knight

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Upright Knight
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.

Upright Knight

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, 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.