Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Zoned Tooth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hydnellum concrescens

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Zoned Tooth is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Zoned Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Basidiomycota (Club Fungi)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Agaricomycetes (Mushrooms)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Thelephorales (Thelephorales)
Family	Elateridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hydnellum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hydnellum concrescens

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Zoned Tooth

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Zoned Tooth
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.

Zoned Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (United States).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 4 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden