Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Yellow Toadflax Smut

Anostirus castaneus compared with Melanotaenium cingens

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Yellow Toadflax Smut is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow Toadflax Smut
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Ustilaginomycetes (Ustilaginomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ustilaginales (Ustilaginales)
Family	Elateridae	Melanotaeniaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Melanotaenium
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Melanotaenium cingens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Yellow Toadflax Smut

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Yellow Toadflax Smut
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.

Yellow Toadflax Smut

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found in 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.