Batochares


Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species.

Taxonomy

The genus Batochares was described for the first time as a subgenus of Helochares by d’Orchymont in 1939; since the author did not explicitly designate a type species, the name was validated by fixing a Type species by Hansen in 1991.

Description

Small-sized beetles, pale brown in coloration, usually with a mottled appearance. A diagnosis of the genus was presented by Girón and Short.

Species

  1. Batochares burgeoni
  2. Batochares byrrhus
  3. ''Batochares corrugatus''