Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Coppery Sprite

Anostirus castaneus compared with Arielulus cuprosus

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Coppery Sprite is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Coppery Sprite
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (artrópodos)	Chordata (cordados)
Class	Insecta (insecto)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Coleoptera (coleópteros)	Chiroptera (Bats)
Family	Elateridae	Vespertilionidae
Genus	Anostirus	Arielulus
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Arielulus cuprosus

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Coppery Sprite share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Coppery Sprite

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Coppery Sprite
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.

Coppery Sprite

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

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.