Agabus brunneus
Appearance
Agabus brunneus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Agabus |
Species: | A. brunneus
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Binomial name | |
Agabus brunneus Fabricius, 1768
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Agabus brunneus, the brown diving beetle,[1] is a species of water beetle in the family Dytiscidae.
Description
[edit]Adult beetles are 9 millimetres (0.35 in) in length.
Distribution
[edit]The species lives in streams, mainly in Portreath (Portreath Stream), New Forest, and Dorset (in River Frome).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Name". Archived from the original on 6 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ BBC. "Beetles in Portreath". Retrieved 15 February 2018.