Batochares Explained

Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetle 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.

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

Notes and 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. 10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810. 1313-2970. 8233300. 34228772. free.
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.