Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Welsh polypody

Anostirus castaneus compared with Polypodium cambricum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Welsh polypody is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Welsh polypody
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Elateridae	Polypodiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Polypodium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Polypodium cambricum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Welsh polypody

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Welsh polypody
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.

Welsh polypody

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, 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.