Brown Diving Beetle vs Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Agabus brunneus compared with Lamium hybridum

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Cut-leaved Dead-nettle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Cut-leaved Dead-nettle
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Lamiaceae
Genus	Agabus	Lamium
Species	Agabus brunneus	Lamium hybridum

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Cut-leaved Dead-nettle
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Diving Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium and Sweden.

Cut-leaved Dead-nettle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (15 countries), and North America (Canada).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden