Agabus ambiguus

Agabus ambiguus
Scientific classification
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;

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]

References

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.

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[revision-1] 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.