Brown diving beetle

Brown diving beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Agabus
Species: A. brunneus
Binomial name
Agabus brunneus
Fabricius, 1768

The brown diving beetle[1] (Agabus brunneus) is a species of water beetle in the Dytiscidae family.

Description

Adult beetles are 9 millimetres (0.35 in) in length.

Distribution

The species lives in streams, mainly in Portreath (Portreath Stream), New Forest, and Dorset (in River Frome).[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Name". Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ↑ BBC. "Beetles in Portreath". Retrieved 15 February 2018.


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