Brown Diving Beetle vs Ferny Azolla

Agabus brunneus compared with Azolla pinnata

Key Differences

  • Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Ferny Azolla is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Brown Diving Beetle Ferny Azolla
Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Plantae (Plants)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Tracheophyta
Class Insecta (Insects) Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles) Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family Dytiscidae Salviniaceae
Genus Agabus Azolla
Species Agabus brunneus Azolla pinnata

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Ferny Azolla

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Brown Diving Beetle Ferny Azolla
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.

Ferny Azolla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including deserts and xeric shrublands, tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas spanning the Palearctic and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan), North America (Mexico, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Tuvalu).

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.

Ferny Azolla

No description available.

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