Agabus paludosus

{{Short description|Species of beetle}}

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| image = Dytiscidae - Agabus paludosus.JPG

| image_caption = Agabus paludosus. Museum specimen

| genus = Agabus

| parent = Agabus (Gaurodytes)

| species = paludosus

| authority = (Fabricius, 1801)

}}

Agabus paludosus is a species of beetles belonging to the family Dytiscidae.

Description

Agabus paludosus can reach a length of {{convert|6.5|-|8|mm}}.[http://www.commanster.eu/commanster/Insects/Beetles/SpBeetles/Agabus.paludosus.html Commanster] Head and pronotum are black, while elytrae are yellowish-brown.

Distribution

This species is present in most of Europe, in the East Palearctic ecozone and in Near East.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000254/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=119366 Fauna europaea]

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