Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Waved Pincertail

Anostirus castaneus compared with Onychogomphus flexuosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Waved Pincertail is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waved Pincertail
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Elateridae	Gomphidae
Genus	Anostirus	Onychogomphus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Onychogomphus flexuosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Waved Pincertail share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Waved Pincertail

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Waved Pincertail
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.

Waved Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

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.