Brown Diving Beetle vs Plain Mini-miner

Agabus brunneus compared with Andrena minutuloides

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Plain Mini-miner is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Plain Mini-miner
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees & Wasps)
Family	Dytiscidae	Andrenidae
Genus	Agabus	Andrena
Species	Agabus brunneus	Andrena minutuloides

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Diving Beetle and Plain Mini-miner share a common ancestor at the Class level: Insecta. (Insects)

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Plain Mini-miner

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Plain Mini-miner
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.

Plain Mini-miner

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Sweden.

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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden