Brown Diving Beetle vs Water spangles

Agabus brunneus compared with Salvinia minima

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Water spangles is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Water spangles
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Tracheophyta
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Polypodiopsida (Polypodiopsida)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Salviniales (Salviniales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Salviniaceae
Genus	Agabus	Salvinia
Species	Agabus brunneus	Salvinia minima

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Water spangles

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Water spangles
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.

Water spangles

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Sri Lanka), North America (Cuba, Dominican Republic, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.