Acidocerus
Acidocerus aphodioides is a species of water [scavenger beetle] in the family Hydrophilidae. It is the only species in the genus Acidocerus. It is known only from Mozambique.
Taxonomy
The genus Acidocerus was described for the first time by Johann [Christoph Friedrich Klug|Klug] in 1855, containing only one species. It is the genus that is the basis of the name for the subfamily Acidocerinae.Description
A diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short:Some of these diagnostic features were offered by d'Orchymont in a key.