Brown Diving Beetle vs Doum Palm

Agabus brunneus compared with Hyphaene thebaica

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Doum Palm is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Doum Palm
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Arecales (Arecales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Arecaceae
Genus	Agabus	Hyphaene
Species	Agabus brunneus	Hyphaene thebaica

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Doum Palm

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Doum Palm
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.

Doum Palm

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across India, Taiwan, and Yemen.

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.