Brown Diving Beetle vs

Agabus brunneus compared with Hypoxylon petriniae

Key Differences

• Brown Diving Beetle is Extinct while is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Diving Beetle
Kingdom	Animalia (สัตว์)	Fungi (เห็ดรา)
Phylum	Arthropoda (สัตว์ขาปล้อง)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Insecta (แมลง)	Sordariomycetes (Sordariomycetes)
Order	Coleoptera (อันดับด้วง)	Xylariales (Xylariales)
Family	Dytiscidae	Hypoxylaceae
Genus	Agabus	Hypoxylon
Species	Agabus brunneus	Hypoxylon petriniae

Conservation Status

Brown Diving Beetle

EX — Extinct

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Diving Beetle
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.

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

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.

Hypoxylon petriniae is a wood-inhabiting pyrenomycete fungus producing small, cushion-shaped stromata on dead hardwood bark. It inhabits temperate forests across Europe and related regions where suitable deadwood hosts are available. This saprotrophic fungus decomposes the cellulose and lignin of dead woody tissues.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇸🇪 Sweden