Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Harmless Serotine

Anostirus castaneus compared with Eptesicus innoxius

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Harmless Serotine is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Harmless Serotine
Kingdom same	Animalia (Tier)	Animalia (Tier)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Gliederfüßer)	Chordata (Chordatiere)
Class	Insecta (Insekten)	Mammalia (Säugetiere)
Order	Coleoptera (Käfer)	Chiroptera (Fledertiere)
Family	Elateridae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Anostirus	Eptesicus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Eptesicus innoxius

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Harmless Serotine

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Harmless Serotine
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.

Harmless Serotine

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Found in Ecuador. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

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.