Batochares
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| Batochares | |
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| Dorsal view of Batochares sp. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Acidocerinae |
| Genus: | Batochares Hansen, 1991 |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Batochares was described for the first time as a subgenus of Helochares by d’Orchymont in 1939;[3] since the author did not explicitly designate a type species, the name was validated by fixing a Type species by Hansen in 1991.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]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.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Batochares burgeoni (d'Orchymont, 1939) [3]
- Batochares byrrhus (d'Orchymont, 1939) [3]
- Batochares corrugatus (Balfour-Browne, 1958) [4]
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