Crephelochares
Crephelochares is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 29 described species. It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indo-Malayan, and Palaearctic realms.
Taxonomy
The genus Crephelochares was described for the first time by August Ferdinand Kuwert in 1890 as a subgenus of the genus Helochares.Then it was considered a synonym of Chasmogenus, but thanks to the results of a phylogenetic analysis involving molecular data, both taxa are now considered distinct genera on their own right.
Description
Small size, bearing a clearly visible sutural stria; long maxillary palps; metafemora densely covered by hydrofuge pubescence.A diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.
Species
- Crephelochares abnormalis
- Crephelochares africanus
- Crephelochares balkei
- Crephelochares cattienus
- Crephelochares irianus
- Crephelochares larsi
- Crephelochares livornicus
- Crephelochares luctuosus
- Crephelochares lycetus
- Crephelochares mauritiensis
- Crephelochares molinai
- Crephelochares mollis
- Crephelochares molluscus
- Crephelochares nitescens
- Crephelochares omissus
- Crephelochares orbus
- Crephelochares paramollis
- Crephelochares parorbus
- Crephelochares patrizii
- Crephelochares punctulatus
- Crephelochares rhodesiensis
- Crephelochares ruandanus
- Crephelochares rubellus
- Crephelochares rubricollis
- Crephelochares rudis
- Crephelochares rusticus
- Crephelochares rutiloides
- Crephelochares rutilus
- ''Crephelochares szeli''