Brown Diving Beetle vs sweet tanglehead

Agabus brunneus compared with Heteropogon melanocarpus

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while sweet tanglehead is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	sweet tanglehead
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Liliopsida (Monocots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Poales (Grasses)
Family	Dytiscidae	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Agabus	Heteropogon
Species	Agabus brunneus	Heteropogon melanocarpus

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

sweet tanglehead

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	sweet tanglehead
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.

sweet tanglehead

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, and Guinea.

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.