Agabus Brunneus
''Agabus brunneus'', the brown diving beetle, is a species of water beetle in the family Dytiscidae. Description Adult beetles are in length. Distribution The species lives in streams, mainly in Portreath (Portreath Stream), New Forest, and Dorset (in River Frome, Dorset, River Frome). References

Agabus (beetle), brunneus Beetles of Europe Beetles described in 1768 Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius {{dytiscidae-stub ...
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Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ...
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