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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.
Agabus elongatus
Agabus elongatus is a predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It belongs to the elongatus-group, one of three species groups within the confinis-group complex of North American Agabus. The species has a Holarctic distribution, occurring in both North America and the Palearctic region. It is one of two species in the elongatus-group, alongside A. inexspectatus.