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Agabus confinis
predaceous diving beetle
Agabus confinis is a predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae, belonging to the confinis-group within the subgenus Acatodes. The species has a Holarctic distribution, occurring in North America and the Palearctic region. Larval stages have been described from reared material in northern Sweden, with morphological characters enabling separation from other European Agabus species. It is one of approximately 36 species in the confinis-group, which has been subject to taxonomic revision in North America.