''Agabus adustus'' is a species of predatory diving

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

belonging to the family

Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae – based on the Greek ''dytikos'' (δυτικός), "able to dive" – are the predaceous diving beetles, a family of water beetles. They occur in virtually any freshwater habitat around the world, but a few species live a ...

. It is restricted to the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

.Nilsson, Anders N. "A world catalogue of the family Dytiscidae, or the diving beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)." Umeå (2013).

References

* Beetles described in 1954 Agabus (beetle) Fauna of the Himalayas {{Dytiscidae-stub