Brown Diving Beetle vs short-ray fleabane

Agabus brunneus compared with Erigeron lonchophyllus

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while short-ray fleabane is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	short-ray fleabane
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Asterales (Daisies & Sunflowers)
Family	Dytiscidae	Asteraceae (Daisy Family)
Genus	Agabus	Erigeron
Species	Agabus brunneus	Erigeron lonchophyllus

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

short-ray fleabane

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	short-ray fleabane
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.

short-ray fleabane

Habitat

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

Range

Distributed across Canada and Norway.

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.