Batochares

Batochares
Dorsal view of Batochares sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

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

1. Batochares burgeoni (d'Orchymont, 1939) ^[3]
2. Batochares byrrhus (d'Orchymont, 1939) ^[3]
3. Batochares corrugatus (Balfour-Browne, 1958) ^[4]

References

1. Hansen, M. (1991). "The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Biologiske Skrifter. 40: 1–367.
2. 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.
3. d’Orchymont, A. (1939). "Notes sur des Helochares africains". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 79: 293–323.
4. 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.