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Aciliini

Insecta - Coleoptera - Dytiscidae

Taxonomy
Aciliini was named by Thomson (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dytiscinae by Nilsson (2001) and Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Acilius, Graphoderus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Aciliini Thomson
2001Aciliini Nilsson p. 265
2011Aciliini Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderAdephaga
familyDytiscidae()
subfamilyDytiscinae
tribeAciliiniThomson 1867
tribeAciliiniThomson 1867

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Aciliini Thomson 1867
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G. Acilius Leach 1817
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†Acilius florissantensis Wickham 1909
†Acilius oeningensis Heer 1847
†Acilius praesulcatus Lomnicki 1894
G. Graphoderus Dejean 1833
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†Graphoderus heeri Nilsson 2001
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Invalid names: Dytiscus areolatus Heer 1862 [replaced]
†Graphoderus mirabilis Říha 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Acilius florissantensis (106381)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Russian Federation Graphoderus mirabilis (105571)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dytiscus oeningensis (115304) Hydaticus areolatus (117252)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Poland Acilius sp. (167589)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Graphoderus sp. (169390)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Graphoderus austriacus (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Acilius praesulcatus (153476)