Batochares
# Batochares

Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species.

## Taxonomy

The genus Batochares was described for the first time as a subgenus of Helochares by d’Orchymont 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.

## 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.

## Species

* Batochares burgeoni (d'Orchymont, 1939)
* Batochares byrrhus (d'Orchymont, 1939)
* Batochares corrugatus (Balfour-Browne, 1958)
