| Batochares | |
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| Dorsal view of Batochares sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Acidocerinae |
| Genus: | Batochares Hansen, 1991 |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetle 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 (3–4 mm), pale brown in coloration, usually with a mottled appearance. A diagnosis of the genus was presented by Girón and Short.
Species
- Batochares burgeoni (d'Orchymont, 1939)
- Batochares byrrhus (d'Orchymont, 1939)
- Batochares corrugatus (Balfour-Browne, 1958)
References
- ^ Hansen, M. (1991). "The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Biologiske Skrifter. 40: 1–367.
- ^ Girón, Jennifer C.; Short, Andrew Edward Z. (2021-06-18). "The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species". ZooKeys (1045): 1–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8233300. PMID 34228772.
- ^ d’Orchymont, A. (1939). "Notes sur des Helochares africains". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 79: 293–323.
- Balfour-Browne, J. (1958). "La Reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, Guinea. VI. Coléoptères Hydrophiloides". Mémoires de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire. 53: 169–190.
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| Batochares | |