Agabus ambiguus is a species of predacious diving beetle belonging to the family Dytiscidae. This species occurs across the United States and Canada. It has been collected from depositional areas of springs, streams, and stream-fed ponds. Adults can be active in open water throughout winter.[1]

Agabus ambiguus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Agabus
Species:
A. ambiguus
Binomial name
Agabus ambiguus
(Say, 1823)
Synonyms[1]
  • Colymbetes ambiguus Say, 1823
  • Agabus reticulatus Aubé, 1838
  • Agabus fimbriatus LeConte, 1850

References

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  1. ^ a b Larson, D.J. (October 1989). "Revision of north american agabus leach (coleoptera: Dytiscidae): Introduction, key to species groups, and classification of the ambiguus-, tristis-, and arcticus-groups". The Canadian Entomologist. 121 (10): 861–919. doi:10.4039/Ent121861-10. S2CID 83948021.