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| Genus: | Acilius Leach, 1817 |
Acilius is a holarctic genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae and typically has a life cycle that is univoltine.[1][2]
Despite the prevalence of some species, one species, A. duvergeri, is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.[1]
Species
The genus Acilius contains the following 13 extant species in 2 subgenera:[3]
Subgenus Acilius:
- Acilius abbreviatus Aubé, 1838
- Acilius athabascae Larson, 1975
- Acilius canaliculatus (Nicolai, 1822)
- Acilius confusus Bergsten, 2006
- Acilius fraternus (Harris, 1828)
- Acilius japonicus Brinck, 1939
- Acilius kishii Nakane, 1963
- Acilius mediatus (Say, 1823)
- Acilius semisulcatus Aubé, 1838
- Acilius sinensis Peschet, 1915
- Acilius sulcatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Acilius sylvanus Hilsenhoff, 1975
Subgenus Homoelytrus
- Acilius duvergeri Gobert, 1874
Extinct species
These three extinct species are known only from fossils:[1]
- †Acilius florissantensis Wickham, 1909
- †Acilius oeningensis (Heer, 1847)
- †Acilius praesulcatus Lomnicki, 1894
References
- 1 2 3 Bergsten, Johannes; Miller, Kelly B. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the Holarctic diving beetle genus Acilius Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 145–197. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00309.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 54001536.
- ↑ Miller, K.B.; J. Bergsten (2016). Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae. JHU Press. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1-4214-2054-7.
- ↑ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).
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