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Acilius (beetle)

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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]

The genus Acilius contains the following 13 extant species in 2 subgenera:^[3]
Subgenus Acilius:

Subgenus Homoelytrus

These three extinct species are known only from fossils:^[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. 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. 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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Acilius is a holarctic genus of diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae and typically has a life cycle that is univoltine.

Despite the prevalence of some species, one species, A. duvergeri, is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.