Brown Diving Beetle vs Dense-flowered Fumitory

Agabus brunneus compared with Fumaria densiflora

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while Dense-flowered Fumitory is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle	Dense-flowered Fumitory
Kingdom	Animalia (animal)	Plantae (plante)
Phylum	Arthropoda (arthropodes)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (insecte)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Ranunculales (Ranunculales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Papaveraceae
Genus	Agabus	Fumaria
Species	Agabus brunneus	Fumaria densiflora

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

Dense-flowered Fumitory

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle	Dense-flowered Fumitory
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.

Dense-flowered Fumitory

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, temperate coniferous forests, and Mediterranean forests and woodlands within the Palearctic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (11 countries), North America (United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia). Currently classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden