Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Farnsteiger

Anostirus castaneus compared with Megalurus punctatus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Farnsteiger is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Farnsteiger
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Aves (Vögel)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Passeriformes (Sperlingsvögel)
Family	Elateridae	Locustellidae
Genus	Anostirus	Megalurus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Megalurus punctatus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Farnsteiger share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Tier)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Farnsteiger

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Farnsteiger
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.

Farnsteiger

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway.

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 1 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway