Review of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Tobochares Short & Garcia, 2007 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae): new lineages, new species, and new records Author Giron, Jennifer C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0851-6883 Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA & Natural Science Research Laboratory, Museum of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA Author Short, Andrew Edward Z. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA aezshort@ku.edu text ZooKeys 2021 2021-02-22 1019 93 140 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1019.59881 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1019.59881 1313-2970-1019-93 740EFFB93ADA4B2ABD23A839AAE71FB2 68E025484FB95656A3666768A4D97EF1 Tobochares communis species group Diagnosis. The Tobochares communis species group can be recognized by the straight anterior margin of the eye in lateral view (e.g., Fig. 2E ), the usually longitudinally aligned elytral punctures, the short and narrow glabrous patch on the metaventrite (Fig. 3D, E ), the high density of the hydrofuge pubescence on the abdominal ventrites, and the well-developed and numerous metatibial spines. Composition. Tobochares akoerio sp. nov., T. arawak sp. nov., T. anthonyae sp. nov., T. atures sp. nov., T. canaima sp. nov., T. communis sp. nov., T. kappel sp. nov., T. kolokoe sp. nov., T. microps sp. nov., T. pemon sp. nov., and T. romanoae sp. nov.