Brown Diving Beetle vs Prickly Heath

Agabus brunneus compared with Gaultheria mucronata

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Prickly Heath is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Prickly Heath
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ericales (Ericales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Ericaceae
Genus	Agabus	Gaultheria
Species	Agabus brunneus	Gaultheria mucronata

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Prickly Heath

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Prickly Heath
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.

Prickly Heath

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Ireland, Norway, Sweden, and United Kingdom.

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