Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species.
The genus Batochares was described for the first time as a subgenus of Helochares by dâÂÂOrchymont 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.
Small-sized beetles (3âÂÂ4 mm), pale brown in coloration, usually with a mottled appearance. A diagnosis of the genus was presented by Girón and Short.