Taxonomic revision of the Holarctic diving beetle genus Acilius Leach (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 145-197

  Bergsten, Johannes ^a   Miller, Kelly B ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACILIINI; ACILIUS; ACILIUS ABBREVIATUS; ACILIUS FRATERNUS; ACILIUS SEMISULCATUS; ACILIUS SULCATUS; COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; DYTISCINAE; HYGROBIIDAE; INSECTA;

EID: 33645097735     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00309.x     Document Type: Review

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