Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Mégachile guenille

Anostirus castaneus compared with Megachile centuncularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mégachile guenille
Kingdom same	Animalia (animal)	Animalia (animal)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Arthropoda (arthropodes)
Class same	Insecta (insecte)	Insecta (insecte)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Elateridae	Megachilidae
Genus	Anostirus	Megachile
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Megachile centuncularis

Evolutionary Relationship

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle and Mégachile guenille share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (insecte)

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Mégachile guenille

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Mégachile guenille
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.

Mégachile guenille

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 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