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{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Acidota crenata.jpg
| image_caption = ''Acidota crenata''
| taxon = Acidota
| authority = Stephens, 1829
| synonyms = *''Helobium'' <small>Gistel, 1834</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="GBIF"/>
| display_parents = 3
}}
'''''Acidota''''' is a genus of [[beetle]]s belonging to the family [[Staphylinidae]].<ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |id=4405776 |taxon=''Acidota'' |accessdate=24 October 2021}}</ref>
The genus was described in 1829 by [[James Francis Stephens]].<ref name="GBIF"/>
The species of this genus are found in [[Eurasia]] and [[North America]].<ref name="GBIF"/>
Species:
* ''[[Acidota brevis]]''<ref name="COL">{{cite web |title=Acidota (genus in Anthophagini) |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/?taxonKey=9J9SV |website=Catalogue of Life |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Acidota crenata]]''<ref name="fauna-eu">{{cite web |title=Acidota Stephens, 1829 {{!}} Fauna Europaea |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/53a89d55-0c48-4776-8e83-b9d6e454c7b5 |website=fauna-eu.org |access-date=29 September 2023}}</ref>
* ''[[Acidota cruentata]]''<ref name="fauna-eu" />
* ''[[Acidota daisetsuzana]]''<ref name="COL" />
* ''[[Acidota dawai]]'' - found in China<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Xi |last2=Xu |first2=Yong-Qiang |last3=Peng |first3=Zhong |title=A new species and a new provincial record of the genus Acidota Stephens from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) |journal=ZooKeys |date=7 August 2023 |issue=1173 |pages=297–305 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1173.102396 |doi-access=free |pmid=37588106 |pmc=10425872 |bibcode=2023ZooK.1173..297C |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/372969973}}</ref>
* ''[[Acidota montana]]''<ref name="COL" />
* ''[[Acidota nivicola]]''<ref name="COL" />
* ''[[Acidota quadrata]]''<ref name="fauna-eu" />
* ''[[Acidota semisericea]]''<ref name="fauna-eu" />
* ''[[Acidota subcarinata]]''<ref name="COL" />
==References==
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[[Category:Omaliinae]]
[[Category:Taxa named by James Francis Stephens]]
[[Category:Staphylinidae genera]]