Brown Diving Beetle vs long yam

Agabus brunneus compared with Dioscorea transversa

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while long yam is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	long yam
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Dioscoreales (Dioscoreales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Dioscoreaceae
Genus	Agabus	Dioscorea
Species	Agabus brunneus	Dioscorea transversa

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

long yam

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	long yam
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.

long yam

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

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.