Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Adephaga
()
- Schellenberg, 1806
- Family:
Dytiscidae
()
- Leach, 1815
- Genus:
Agabus
()
- Leach, 1817
- Specific name:
affinis
- Paykull
- Scientific name: - Agabus affinis Paykull
- Specific name:
affinis
- Paykull
- Genus:
Agabus
(
- Family:
Dytiscidae
(
- Suborder:
Adephaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Agabus
There are approximately 209 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
A. abbreviatus · A. abnormicollis · A. adpressus · A. aeneolus · A. aeruginosus · A. affinis · A. ajax · A. altaicus · A. amaroides · A. ambiguus · A. americanus · A. amoenus · A. ancillus · A. antennatus · A. anthracinus · A. approximatus · A. arcticus · A. aubei · A. audeni · A. austini · A. austinii · A. basalis · A. bicolor (Predaceous Diving Beetle) · A. bifarius · A. biguttatus · A. biguttulus · A. binotatus · A. bipustulatus · A. bjorkmanae · A. brevicollis · A. browni · A. browni(Kamiya · A. brunneus · A. bruowin · A. bryanti · A. canadensis · A. castaneus · A. cephalotes · A. chalconatus · A. chalconotus · A. clavatus · A. clavicornis · A. clypealis · A. colymbus · A. confertus · A. confinis (Predaceous Diving Beetle) · A. confusus · A. congener · A. consanguineus · A. conspersus · A. conspicuus · A. conspricuus · A. cordatus · A. coxalis · A. desertorum · A. didymus · A. dilatatus · A. discicollis · A. discolor · A. discors · A. disintegratus · A. dissimilis · A. dytiscoides · A. elongatus · A. erichsoni · A. erythropterus · A. falli · A. femoralis · A. flohrianus · A. frigidus · A. fulvaster · A. fuscipennis · A. fuscipennis fuscipennis · A. fuscipennis ontarionis · A. gagates · A. galamensis · A. gelidus · A. goryi · A. griseipennis · A. guttatus · A. heydeni · A. hoppingi · A. hozgargantae · A. hudsonicus · A. hypomelas · A. ilybiiformis · A. immaturus · A. infuscatus · A. inscriptus (Predaceous Diving Beetle) · A. insolitus · A. japonicus · A. japonicus(Sharp · A. johannis · A. kenaiensis · A. klamathensis · A. kootenai · A. labiatus · A. lapponicus · A. lecontei · A. leptapsis
More Info
- Search for Pictures: images.google.com
- Search for Scholarly Articles: Google Scholar
- Search using Scientific Name and Vernacular Names: All the Web | AltaVista Canada | AltaVista | Excite | Google | HotBot | Lycos
- Search using Specialized Databases: GenBank | Medline | Scirus | CISTI/CAL | Agricola Periodicals | Agricola Books
Further Reading
- Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh, D. Douglas. ENG url p. 149.
- Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: Estab. tip. de Fortenet, 1901-1937. SPA url p. 526.
- Fauna, flora & geology of the Clyde area, ed. by G.F. Scott Elliot, Malcolm Laurie and J. Barclay Murdoch. Glasgow, Pub. by the local committee for the meeting of the British Association, 1901. ENG url p. 278.
- Faune des coléoptères du bassin de la Seine. Paris: Société entomologique de France, 1881?- FRE url p. 270.
- Naturhistorisk tidsskrift. Kjobenhavn. url p. i.
- On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscid. By David Sharp. Dublin, Pub. by the Royal Dublin society, 1882. ENG url p. 508, p. 751, p. 754, p. 987.
- The Annals of Scottish natural history. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1892-1911. ENG url p. 149, p. 95.
- The Entomologist's monthly magazine. Oxford [etc.]Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd. [etc.] ENG url p. 138, p. 221, p. 35, p. 46.
- The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. [s.l., s.n.] ENG url p. 187, p. 32, p. 345, p. 72.
- The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- ENG url p. 43.
- The Irish naturalist. Dublin: Eason & Son, Ltd., 1892- ENG url p. 295.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 08, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 08, 2008:
- Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
- Forest Research Institute, Department of Natural Forests: Coleoptera of Białowieża Forest
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
- NLBIF: Limnodata
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Balfour-Browne Club - Water Beetle Surveys from Britain and Ireland
- UK National Biodiversity Network: Highland Biological Recording Group - HBRG Coleoptera dataset
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2728686
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-193529
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13841754
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 193529
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 410119
Footnotes
- Mean = 284.590 meters (933.694 feet), Standard Deviation = 536.280 based on 34 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
