Brown Diving Beetle vs smooth heliotrope

Agabus brunneus compared with Heliotropium curassavicum

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while smooth heliotrope is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	smooth heliotrope
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Boraginales (Boraginales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Heliotropiaceae
Genus	Agabus	Heliotropium
Species	Agabus brunneus	Heliotropium curassavicum

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

smooth heliotrope

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	smooth heliotrope
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.

smooth heliotrope

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (6 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (Cuba), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Marshall Islands), 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 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden