Agabus brunneus, the brown diving beetle,[1] is a species of water beetle in the family Dytiscidae.
| Agabus brunneus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Description
editAdult beetles are 9 millimetres (0.35 in) in length.
Distribution
editThe 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.
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