Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Rosette Tooth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hydnellum cumulatum

Key Differences

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Rosette Tooth is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rosette Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Fungi (菌界)
Phylum	Arthropoda (節足動物)	Basidiomycota (担子菌門)
Class	Insecta (昆虫)	Agaricomycetes (真正担子菌綱)
Order	Coleoptera (コウチュウ目)	Thelephorales (イボタケ目)
Family	Elateridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hydnellum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hydnellum cumulatum

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Rosette Tooth

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Rosette 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.

Rosette Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.