Batochares
| Batochares | |
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| Dorsal view of Batochares sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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]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]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]- Batochares burgeoni (d'Orchymont, 1939) [3]
- Batochares byrrhus (d'Orchymont, 1939) [3]
- Batochares corrugatus (Balfour-Browne, 1958) [4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hansen, M. (1991). "The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Biologiske Skrifter. 40: 1–367.
- 1 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.
- 1 2 3 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.