Brown Diving Beetle vs spitting spiders

Agabus brunneus compared with Scytodes fusca

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while spitting spiders is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	spitting spiders
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Araneae (Araneae)
Family	Dytiscidae	Scytodidae
Genus	Agabus	Scytodes
Species	Agabus brunneus	Scytodes fusca

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Diving Beetle and spitting spiders share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Arthropoda. (Arthropods)

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

spitting spiders

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	spitting spiders
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.

spitting spiders

Habitat

Typically found in terrestrial habitats from forests to deserts.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, and South Africa.

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.