Bitter Apple vs Brown Diving Beetle

Solanum incanum compared with Agabus brunneus

Key Differences

• Bitter Apple is Least Concern while Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bitter Apple	Brown Diving Beetle
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Solanales (Solanales)	Coleoptera (Beetles)
Family	Solanaceae	Dytiscidae
Genus	Solanum	Agabus
Species	Solanum incanum	Agabus brunneus

Conservation Status

Bitter Apple

LC — Least Concern

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bitter Apple	Brown Diving Beetle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bitter Apple

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Brown Diving Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

Bitter Apple

The Bitter Apple (Solanum incanum) is a species in the genus Solanum. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types within the Af

Brown Diving Beetle

The Brown Diving Beetle (Agabus brunneus) is a species in the genus Agabus. It is currently classified as Extinct on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.