Novochares

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Novochares
Dorsal view of Novochares sallaei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Hydrophilidae
Subfamily:
Acidocerinae
Genus:
Novochares

Girón & Short, 2018
Diversity
15 species

Novochares is a primarily

water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 15 described species, one of which is thought to be introduced in Florida in the United States of America.[1]

Taxonomy

The genus Novochares was created by Girón & Short in 2021 to accommodate 15 species formerly placed in the genus Helochares that occur across Central and South America, and some of the Lesser Antilles.[1]

It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae.[1]

Description

Medium-sized beetles (4.5–9.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. There is a lot of variation in aedeagal forms (see Figure 43 in Girón and Short 2021). A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.[1]

Habitat

According to Girón and Short, "Species of Novochares occur in a broad range of both lentic and lotic habitats".[1]

Species

  1. Novochares abbreviatus (Fabricius, 1801):[2] Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil (Espírito Santo, Pernambuco, Piauí), Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, French Guiana, Lesser Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela.
  2. Novochares atlanticus (Clarkson and Ferreira-Jr., 2014): Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)[3]
  3. Novochares atratus (Bruch, 1915): Argentina, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais), Colombia, Ecuador [in doubt]; Paraguay.[4][5]
  4. Novochares bolivianus (Fernández, 1989): Bolivia[6]
  5. Novochares carmona (Short, 2005): Costa Rica[7]
  6. Novochares chaquensis (Fernández, 1982): Argentina, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)[8]
  7. Novochares cochlearis (Fernández, 1982): Argentina, Paraguay[8]
  8. Novochares coya (Fernández, 1982): Bolivia[8]
  9. Novochares guadelupensis (d'Orchymont, 1926): Guadeloupe[9]
  10. Novochares inornatus (d'Orchymont, 1926): Brazil (Amazonas, São Paulo), French Guiana, Guyana[9]
  11. Novochares oculatus (Sharp, 1882): Argentina, Brazil (
    Saint Vincent][10]
  12. Novochares pallipes (Brullé, 1841): Argentina, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais), Paraguay, Uruguay[11]
  13. Novochares pichilingue (Fernández, 1989): Ecuador[6]
  14. Novochares sallaei (Sharp, 1882): U.S.A. (Florida). Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico[10]
  15. Novochares tectiformis (Fernández, 1982): Argentina, Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul, Piauí), Paraguay, Venezuela[8]

References

  1. ^
    PMID 34228772
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  2. ^ Fabricius, J. C. (1801). Systema Eleutheratorum: secundum ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae: Bibliopolii Academici Novi. pp. 24 + 506 pp.
  3. ISSN 1984-4670
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  4. ISSN 2545-6377
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  5. ISSN 1809-127X
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  6. ^ a b Fernández, L. A. (1989). "Notas sobre el género Helochares. II (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Descripción de dos especies nuevas neotropicales. Clave para determinar las especies argentinas y de áreas vecinas". Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina. 45: 145–151.
  7. ^ Short, A. E. Z. (2005). "A review of the subtribe Acidocerina of Central America with special reference to Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 75: 191–226.
  8. ^ a b c d Fernández, L. A. (1982). "Cinco especies nuevas del género Helochares (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Physis (Buenos Aires), Secc. B. 40: 85–90.
  9. ^ a b d'Orchymont, A. (1926). "Contribution à l'étude des Hydrophilides VI". Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 66: 201–248.
  10. ^ a b Sharp, D. (1882). Fam. Hydrophilidae. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana Insecta. Coleoptera. Volume 1. Part 2. Vol. 1. pp. 53–80.
  11. ^ Brullé, A. (1841). Famille des Hydrophiliens. In: d'Orbigny A. Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, tome sexiéme, 2e partie, Insectes. Vol. 6. Paris, France: P. Bertrand. pp. 52–59.

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