Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs Violet Tooth

Anostirus castaneus compared with Hydnellum ioeides

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while Violet Tooth is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Violet Tooth
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Fungi (균계)
Phylum	Arthropoda (절지동물)	Basidiomycota (담자균류)
Class	Insecta (곤충)	Agaricomycetes (주름버섯강)
Order	Coleoptera (딱정벌레목)	Thelephorales (사마귀버섯목)
Family	Elateridae	Bankeraceae
Genus	Anostirus	Hydnellum
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Hydnellum ioeides

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

Violet Tooth

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	Violet 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.

Violet Tooth

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Norway, Sweden, and United States. Currently classified as Vulnerable 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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇳🇴 Norway 🇸🇪 Sweden