Agabus paludosus

Agabus paludosus
Agabus paludosus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Agabus
Subgenus: Agabus (Gaurodytes)
Species: A. paludosus
Binomial name
Agabus paludosus
(Fabricius, 1801)

Agabus paludosus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Dytiscidae.

Description

Agabus paludosus can reach a length of 6.5–8 millimetres (0.26–0.31 in). [1] Head and pronotum are black, while elytrae are yellowish-brown.

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in Near East. [2]

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