Agabus Adustus
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''Agabus adustus'' is a species of predatory diving
beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
belonging to the family
Dytiscidae The Dytiscidae, from the Ancient Greek word δυτικός (''dystikos''), meaning "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 l ...
. 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 Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of h ...
.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