Brown Diving Beetle vs Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Agabus brunneus compared with Opuntia chlorotica

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Dollar-joint Prickly-pear is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Cactaceae
Genus	Agabus	Opuntia
Species	Agabus brunneus	Opuntia chlorotica

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Dollar-joint Prickly-pear
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.

Dollar-joint Prickly-pear

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Italy.

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.