Acilius (beetle)

Genus of beetles

Acilius
Acilius sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Adephaga
Family:
Dytiscidae
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. ^ a b c Bergsten, Johannes; Miller, Kelly B. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the Holarctic diving beetle genus Acilius Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 145–197. Bibcode:2006SysEn..31..145B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00309.x. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 54001536.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Nilsson, Anders N.; Hájek, Jiří (2021). "A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)" (PDF) (1.I.2021 ed.).
Taxon identifiers
Acilius


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