Brown Diving Beetle vs Narrow swordfern

Agabus brunneus compared with Nephrolepis cordifolia

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Narrow swordfern is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Narrow swordfern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Nephrolepidaceae
Genus	Agabus	Nephrolepis
Species	Agabus brunneus	Nephrolepis cordifolia

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Narrow swordfern

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Narrow swordfern
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.

Narrow swordfern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Taiwan), Europe (Italy, Portugal, Sweden), North America (Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 1 countries:

🇸🇪 Sweden