Brown Diving Beetle vs Floating Fern

Agabus brunneus compared with Salvinia nymphellula

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Floating Fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

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

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Floating Fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Floating Fern
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.

Floating Fern

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Cote d'Ivoire and Malawi.

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.