Aciliini

Aciliini is a tribe of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about 7 genera and at least 70 described species in Aciliini.[1][2]

Thermonectus basillaris

Larva of Aciliini

Aciliini
Acilius canaliculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Dytiscinae
Tribe:	Aciliini Thomson, 1867

Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Aciliini:

• Acilius Leach, 1817 ^{i c g b}
• Aethionectes Sharp, 1882 ^{i c g}
• Graphoderus Dejean, 1833 ^{i c g b}
• Rhantaticus Sharp, 1880 ^{i c g}
• Sandracottus Sharp, 1882 ^{i c g}
• Thermonectus Dejean, 1833 ^{i c g b}
• Tikoloshanes Omer-Cooper, 1956 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[3] g = GBIF,[4] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

1. "Aciliini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
2. "Aciliini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
3. "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
4. "GBIF". Retrieved 2018-04-21.

Further reading

• Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
• Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
• LeConte, J. L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 978-0665100550.

External links

• Media related to Aciliini at Wikimedia Commons