Brown Diving Beetle vs Sowerby's keeled slug

Agabus brunneus compared with Tandonia sowerbyi

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Sowerby's keeled slug is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Sowerby's keeled slug
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Mollusca (Mollusks)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Gastropoda (Gastropoda)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Stylommatophora (Stylommatophora)
Family	Dytiscidae	Milacidae
Genus	Agabus	Tandonia
Species	Agabus brunneus	Tandonia sowerbyi

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Diving Beetle and Sowerby's keeled slug share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (Animals)

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Sowerby's keeled slug

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Sowerby's keeled slug
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.

Sowerby's keeled slug

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial and aquatic habitats including forests and freshwater.

Range

Found across Europe (10 countries) and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand).

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:

🇧🇪 Belgium