Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Weeping Paperbark

Anostirus castaneus compared with Melaleuca leucadendra

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Weeping Paperbark is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Weeping Paperbark
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Elateridae	Myrtaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Melaleuca
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Melaleuca leucadendra

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Weeping Paperbark

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Weeping Paperbark
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.

Weeping Paperbark

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical coniferous forests, among 6 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Neotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Libya, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa), Asia (India, Laos), North America (Dominican Republic), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Suriname).

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.