Brown Diving Beetle vs toothcup

Agabus brunneus compared with Ammannia latifolia

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while toothcup is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	toothcup
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Myrtales (Myrtales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Lythraceae
Genus	Agabus	Ammannia
Species	Agabus brunneus	Ammannia latifolia

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

toothcup

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	toothcup
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.

toothcup

Habitat

Inhabits montane grasslands and shrublands and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Morocco), North America (Cuba), and South America (4 countries).

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.