Aciliini Explained

Aciliini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are 7 genera and at least 69 described extant species in Aciliini, along with 5 fossil species.^[1]

Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Aciliini:^[2]

• Acilius Leach, 1817

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• Aethionectes Sharp, 1882

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• Graphoderus Dejean, 1833

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• Rhantaticus Sharp, 1880

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• Sandracottus Sharp, 1882

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• Thermonectus Dejean, 1833

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• Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 1956

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Further reading

• Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. 2001. Larson . D. J.. Alarie . Y.. Roughley . R. E.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94. 5. 769–770. 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2. free.

Notes and References

1. Book: Miller, K.B. . J. Bergsten . Diving Beetles of the World: Systematics and Biology of the Dytiscidae . 2016 . 131–132 . JHU Press . 978-1-4214-2054-7 .
2. Web site: Anders N. . Nilsson . Jiří . Hájek . A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) . 2021 . 1.I.2021 .