Agabus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a diving beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAgabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle)
GenusAgabus (a genus of diving beetles)
SubfamilyAGABINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyDYTISCIDAE (diving beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Agabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle) :
1: Agabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
13 Mar 2018 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
larva, in pond
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Larva - lateral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Agabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, in cattle trough
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Elytral microsculpture - magnified
3: Agabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle)
5 Aug 2000 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at trackside
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral viewImage 3: Elytral microsculptureImage 4: Head and thorax - dorsal viewImage 5: Head - ventral view - close-up

Agabus bipustulatus (a diving beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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