Brown Diving Beetle vs Vegetable fern

Agabus brunneus compared with Diplazium esculentum

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Vegetable fern is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Vegetable fern
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Polypodiales (Polypodiales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Athyriaceae
Genus	Agabus	Diplazium
Species	Agabus brunneus	Diplazium esculentum

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Vegetable fern

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Vegetable fern
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.

Vegetable fern

Habitat

Typically found in moist, shaded forest floors and tropical canopies.

Range

Distributed across Australia, Portugal, South Africa, and United States.

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.