Agabus didymus

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Agabus didymus
File:Dytiscidae - Agabus dydimus.JPG
Agabus didymus. Museum specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Agabus
Subgenus: Gaurodytes
Species:
A. didymus
Binomial name
Agabus didymus
(Olivier 1795)

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

Description

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Agabus didymus can reach a length of 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). The head is black. The pronotum is dark with reddish lateral margins and base. Elytrae have three rows of punctures and characteristic lateral and subapical translucent cream N-shaped marks.[1]

Distribution

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

References

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