Agabus africanus is a species of predatory diving beetle belonging to the family Dytiscidae. It is endemic to Tunisia, where it is found in the area of the Cap Bon peninsula. It is not common.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Genus: | Agabus |
| Subgenus: | Agabus |
| Species: | A. africanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Agabus africanus Pederzani & Schizzerotto, 1998
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References
edit- ^ Touaylia, Samir; Garrido, Josefina; Boumaiza, Moncef (Sep 2011). "Chorological and Phenological Analysis of the Water Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Adephaga and Polyphaga) of Northern Tunisia". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 65 (3): 315–324. doi:10.1649/072.065.0315. S2CID 85721864.
- ^ Przewoźny, M.; Jaskuła, R.; Rewicz, T. (2015). "First African Records of Agabus ramblae Millán & Ribera, 2001 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". African Entomology. 23 (2): 275–279. doi:10.4001/003.023.0227. S2CID 85732297.
- "Agabus africanus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 17 January 2017.
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