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Genus Helochares

Helochares 9019529 Hydrophilid - Helochares maculicollis Helochares (possibly H. normatus) - Helochares Helochares (possibly H. normatus) - Helochares Helochares (possibly H. normatus) - Helochares Helochares - Helochares punctatus - male Helochares - Helochares punctatus - male Helochares - Helochares punctatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Acidocerinae
Genus Helochares
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
reviewed in Short & Giron (2018)(1)
Explanation of Names
Helochares Mulsant 1844
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, ~200 described spp. total(1)
Size
4-7 mm(2)
Identification
key to spp. in Short & Giron (2018)(1)
Range
worldwide; in our area:(1)
H. maculicollis: e. US (NJ-FL-TX-KS)
H. normatus: se OR-c.TX
Works Cited
1.Review of the Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay of the New World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae)
Short A.E.Z., Giron J.C. 2018. Zootaxa 4407: 29-50.
2.The Water Beetles of Florida
Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.