Crephelochares

Crephelochares is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 29 described species. It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indo-Malayan, and Palaearctic realms.

Taxonomy

The genus Crephelochares was described for the first time by August Ferdinand Kuwert in 1890 as a subgenus of the genus Helochares.

Then it was considered a synonym of Chasmogenus, but thanks to the results of a phylogenetic analysis involving molecular data, both taxa are now considered distinct genera on their own right.

Description

Small size (2.5–4.8 mm), bearing a clearly visible sutural stria; long maxillary palps; metafemora densely covered by hydrofuge pubescence.

A diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.

Species

1. Crephelochares abnormalis <small>(Sharp, 1890)</small>
2. Crephelochares africanus <small>(d'Orchymont, 1937)</small>
3. Crephelochares balkei <small>(Short, 2010)</small>
4. Crephelochares cattienus <small>(Hebauer, 2002)</small>
5. Crephelochares irianus <small>(Hebauer, 2001)</small>
6. Crephelochares larsi <small>(Hebauer, 1995)</small>
7. Crephelochares livornicus <small>(Kuwert, 1890)</small>
8. Crephelochares luctuosus <small>(d'Orchymont, 1939)</small>
9. Crephelochares lycetus <small>(d'Orchymont, 1939)</small>
10. Crephelochares mauritiensis <small>(Balfour-Browne, 1958)</small>
11. Crephelochares molinai <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>
12. Crephelochares mollis <small>(Régimbart, 1903)</small>
13. Crephelochares molluscus <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>
14. Crephelochares nitescens <small>(Fauvel, 1883)</small>
15. Crephelochares omissus <small>(Hebauer, 1995)</small>
16. Crephelochares orbus <small>(Watanabe, 1987)</small>
17. Crephelochares paramollis <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>
18. Crephelochares parorbus <small>(Jia and Tang, 2018)</small>
19. Crephelochares patrizii <small>(Balfour-Browne, 1948)</small>
20. Crephelochares punctulatus <small>(Short, 2010)</small>
21. Crephelochares rhodesiensis <small>(Hebauer, 2006)</small>
22. Crephelochares ruandanus <small>(Balfour-Browne, 1957)</small>
23. Crephelochares rubellus <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>
24. Crephelochares rubricollis <small>(Régimbart, 1903)</small>
25. Crephelochares rudis <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>
26. Crephelochares rusticus <small>(d'Orchymont, 1939)</small>
27. Crephelochares rutiloides <small>(d'Orchymont, 1939)</small>
28. Crephelochares rutilus <small>(d'Orchymont, 1925)</small>
29. Crephelochares szeli <small>(Hebauer, 1992)</small>

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