Agabus congener
Agabus congener is a species of predatory[1] beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe) and the Near East. In Europe, it is only found in Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Great Britain including Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides and Isle of Man, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, mainland Denmark, Estonia, Finland, mainland France, Germany, mainland Greece, the Republic of Ireland, mainland Italy, Kaliningrad, Latvia, Lithuania, Northern Ireland, North Macedonia, mainland Norway, Poland, Russia, Sardinia, Slovakia, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Agabus |
| Subgenus: | Acatodes |
| Species: | A. congener |
| Binomial name | |
| Agabus congener (Thunberg, 1794) | |
Agabus congener can be found in small acidic ponds or mesotrophic fens.[1] This species was identified in samples of organic sediment recovered along with mammoth bones which were excavated in Niederweningen, Switzerland. The presence of this and many other insect species indicates that the sediments formed in a reedy, acidic swamp with shallow mossy pools.[2]
Larva attacked by fungus
References
- Jones, R.L.; O'Brien, C.E.; Coope, G.R. (2004). "Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Younger Dryas in Jersey, UK Channel Islands, based on plant and insect fossils". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 115 (1): 43–53. doi:10.1016/s0016-7878(04)80033-6.
- Coope, G. Russell (2007). "Coleoptera from the 2003 excavations of the mammoth skeleton at Niederweningen, Switzerland". Quaternary International. 164: 130–138. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2006.10.004.
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