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Genus
<taxonomicName id="873A634E30BFBECC22EB6116FC12D011" ID-CoL="8VY5S" authority="Mulsant, 1844" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Helochares Mulsant, 1844</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation id="D9411934DBCBB158717E09F607DF0191" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Variation across Acidocerinae, dorsal and lateral views A Colossochares ellipticus B Peltochares sp. C Peltochares conspicuus D Aulonochares tubulus E Helochares sp. F Helochares tristis G Novochares sp. H Helopeltarium ferrugineum I Batochares sp. J Helobata larvalis K Radicitus sp. L Nanosaphes tricolor M Agraphydrus cf. attenuatus N Tobochares luteomargo O Tobochares sulcatus P Quadriops similaris Q Crucisternum ouboteri R Primocerus neutrum S Agraphydrus coomani T Agraphydrus sp. U Globulosis flavus V Crephelochares nitescens." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557400" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 1E, F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="8C733C5D0020D2A5AFCFF14A704D61A1" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Phylogeny of the Acidocerinae simplified from Short et al. (2021), indicating the distribution, preferred habitat, and currently described number of species for each genus. For habitat, filled black circles indicate that at least some species of the genus are commonly found in this habitat; light grey circles indicate the genus has been found in this habitat, but is rare or not typical for the group; white circles indicate no species have been recorded for the genus in this habitat." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557401" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 2</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="5C635683EB4F063750A95BC8CA50C324" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Known distribution of genera of Acidocerinae: Crucisternum, Ephydrolithus, Globulosis, Helobata, Helochares, Helopeltarium, Katasophistes, and Nanosaphes." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557404" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="F0B0F79608E9B01245CAB803A29AD336" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Head of miscellaneous Acidocerinae A-D anterolateral view: A Tobochares luteomargo with white arrow pointing to straight anterior margin of eye B Tobochares emarginatus with white arrow pointing to Tobochares canthus emarginating anterior margin of eye C Quadriops politus with white arrow pointing to Tobochares canthus fully dividing the eye in dorsal and ventral faces D Batochares sp. black arrow pointing to transverse carina on labrum E-L dorsal view of head: E Batochares sp. F Helochares tristis G Crephelochares nitescens, H Chasmogenus australis with black arrow pointing to preclypeal membrane I Colossochares ellipticus J Aulonochares tubulus K Peltochares conspicuus L Helobata larvalis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557410" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 11F</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="1AA3FBD92D19A675EA7B8075043D189F" captionStart="Figure 35" captionStartId="F35" captionText="Figure 35. Habitus of Helochares spp. A-C Helochares tristis: A dorsal habitus B lateral habitus C ventral habitus D-F H. sharpi: D dorsal habitus E lateral habitus F ventral habitus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure35" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557434" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 35</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="820FCB81B855D9E048D76980B2721B07" captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. Habitus of Helochares spp. A-C H. laevis: A dorsal habitus B lateral habitus C ventral habitus D-F H. sp. (India, Goa): D dorsal habitus E lateral habitus F ventral habitus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557435" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 36</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="8FAEA49953D73BF3F8F6AF38A2C0CE99" captionStart="Figure 37" captionStartId="F37" captionText="Figure 37. Aedeagi A-H Helochares spp.: A H. sp. (Guinea) B H. tristis C H. nr. cresphontes D H. nr. tatei E H. sp. (India, Goa) F H. sp. (Vietnam) G H. politus H H. songi (from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48) I Helopeltarium ferrugineum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557436" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 37A-H</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName id="2A7AF564423878FA71F9D4105E12ACAE" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helophilus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Helophilus</taxonomicName>
Mulsant, 1844a: 132 [rejected name no. 1707 (ICZN 1964, Opinion 710)].
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Mulsant, 1844a: 197; replacement name for
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Mulsant, 1844a: 132; official name no. 1601 (ICZN 1964, Opinion 710).
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Dahl 1823: 34 [nomen nudum; rejected name no. 1705 (ICZN 1964, Opinion 710)].
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MacLeay, 1825: 35 [rejected name no. 1704 (ICZN 1964, Opinion 710)].
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Motschulsky, 1845: 32.
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<taxonomicName id="74E2D8F96B4C76A3D5E0C183355B0233" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1787" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Hydrophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrophilus griseus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="griseus">Hydrophilus griseus</taxonomicName>
Type species:
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Fabricius, 1787: 189; fixed by monotypy =
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Forster, 1771.
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Motschulsky, 1845: 549; replacement name for
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Motschulsky, 1845.
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<taxonomicName id="8C71A4CF72537DCD678FB33BA6534FDA" authorityName="Motschoulsky" authorityYear="1853" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helophygas" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helophygas" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Helophygas</taxonomicName>
Motschulsky, 1853: 11 [rejected name no. 1708 (ICZN 1964, Opinion 710)].
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<taxonomicName id="9AFEBAEC6256B57970BD81A1CD509E4E" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1859" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helocharis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helocharis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Helocharis</taxonomicName>
Thomson, 1859: 18 [incorrect subsequent spelling].
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MacLeay, 1871: 131, syn. nov.
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Type species:
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MacLeay, 1871: 131; by subsequent designation by
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Kuwert, 1890: 306, syn. nov.
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Type species:
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Kuwert, 1890: 307; by monotypy; originally described as genus; downgraded to subgenus of
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by
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(1919c
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: 148).
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Kuwert, 1890: 38.
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Type species:
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Mulsant, 1844a: 137; by monotypy.
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Ganglbauer, 1904: 248; [unjustified emendation of
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Kuwert, 1890].
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<paragraph id="FD9CD0CAB65C82E6B0EDDAE3641B976B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Gender.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B77D78B07D2BEA2262D057C8157474DD" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Masculine.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CE022F90C0A234FD9DBC5763191FBC4A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type species.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="1F8A225104CF37EF03B03BD870E03D39" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Dytiscus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Dytiscus lividus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
<emphasis id="D1A624F7D5848D1B438CF3073695F060" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Dytiscus lividus</emphasis>
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Forster, 1771: 52; by subsequent designation (
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: 18).
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<subSubSection id="5650E536269812859AEAA1E60489E649" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="75180726BC50236A3891FDAB77596D6D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Small to medium sized beetles, body length 2-7 mm. Body shape oval in dorsal view; slightly to moderately convex in lateral view, with dorsal outline nearly flat along anterior half of elytra, or somewhat evenly curved (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="7925D0FF3FE7014BCF25028FF4C9746F" captionStart="Figure 36" captionStartId="F36" captionText="Figure 36. Habitus of Helochares spp. A-C H. laevis: A dorsal habitus B lateral habitus C ventral habitus D-F H. sp. (India, Goa): D dorsal habitus E lateral habitus F ventral habitus. Scale bar: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557435" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">36</figureCitation>
). Coloration usually yellowish brown, sometimes orange brown, pale brown to medium brown; ground punctation shallow (e.g., Fig.
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) to strongly marked (e.g., Fig.
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). Shape of head trapezoid to oval (e.g., Fig.
<figureCitation id="4BFE0BDB2CE06F39B97CA22148251EE2" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Head of miscellaneous Acidocerinae A-D anterolateral view: A Tobochares luteomargo with white arrow pointing to straight anterior margin of eye B Tobochares emarginatus with white arrow pointing to Tobochares canthus emarginating anterior margin of eye C Quadriops politus with white arrow pointing to Tobochares canthus fully dividing the eye in dorsal and ventral faces D Batochares sp. black arrow pointing to transverse carina on labrum E-L dorsal view of head: E Batochares sp. F Helochares tristis G Crephelochares nitescens, H Chasmogenus australis with black arrow pointing to preclypeal membrane I Colossochares ellipticus J Aulonochares tubulus K Peltochares conspicuus L Helobata larvalis." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557410" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">11F</figureCitation>
). Eyes medium sized to large, not or moderately emarginated anteriorly, usually projected from outline of head. Clypeus trapezoid, with anterior margin broadly and roundly emarginate; sometimes lateral margins of clypeus slightly bent upwards. Labrum fully exposed. Mentum rather flat, sparsely punctate, coarsely to shallowly, rarely striate (e.g., Figs
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,
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); median anterior depression of mentum relatively shallow; submentum shallowly punctate to smooth. Antennae with nine antennomeres; cupule strongly asymmetric, with rounded outline; antennomere 9 slightly, to 3
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longer than antennomere 7. Maxillary palps slender, moderately long, 0.6-1.2
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the width of head (e.g., Figs
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,
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); inner margin of maxillary palpomere 2 weakly and evenly curved to nearly straight, outer margin evenly curved to curved along apical 2/3; maxillary palpomere 3 slightly longer than 4. Prosternum flat to medially bulging to tectiform. Elytra without sutural striae, with ground punctures usually moderately marked; often with serial punctures forming ten longitudinal rows along elytra (e.g., Fig.
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). Posterior elevation of mesoventrite, flat to simply bulging (e.g., Fig.
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); bulge usually with long fine setae; anapleural sutures strongly concave, nearly parallel along anterior section, separated anteriorly by distance 0.6-1.0
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anterior margin of mesepisternum. Metaventrite densely covered by hydrofuge pubescence, without glabrous patches (e.g., Figs
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,
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). Protibiae with spines of anterior row either nearly absent (e.g., Fig.
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) or as long thick semi-erect setae. Metafemora with tibial grooves weakly developed to absent; hydrofuge pubescence covering basal 6/7 of anterior surface. Tarsomeres 1-4 with pair of lateral rows of long fine spines on ventral face, sometimes ventral face densely covered by hair-like spines; tarsomere 5 with medial row of long fine spines; metatarsomeres variable in proportions (2-4 gradually decreasing in size with 5 nearly as long as 3 and 4 combined; 2 and 5 similar in length, each slightly longer than 3 and 4 combined). Fifth abdominal ventrite apically emarginate, with fringe of stout setae. Aedeagus tubular (Fig.
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); parameres fused to each other for most of their lengths, with apex either simple or bifurcate/bilobate; median lobe with very long basal apodemes (as long or longer than main piece of median lobe), often extending beyond base of parameres in repose; median lobe either simple (without subdivisions), or with multiple and different kinds of sclerotizations of inner membranes; basal piece usually much shorter than parameres; gonopore of variable development, usually visible when median lobe is simple.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="D0D150C14A201D8DB56977FD50BE62FB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 35.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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spp.
<emphasis id="B2F46C673BB94D3DFD98C7A0C28E4B68" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A-C</emphasis>
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:
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dorsal habitus
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lateral habitus
<emphasis id="53330B29F8DB6FA6AD6FFC427F253990" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
ventral habitus
<emphasis id="2BB0DADDDAD5F4C955186CA353BAE48D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D-F</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A346E63DCC29124302B1D71BDF442E51" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. sharpi</emphasis>
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:
<emphasis id="5BFB26838B89492F7000F0FED37CF8B6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
dorsal habitus
<emphasis id="3C77F274B2506B64A844C7233C3AAB31" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
lateral habitus
<emphasis id="1D858838759D18D86E69442A067812D2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
ventral habitus. Scale bar: 1 mm.
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<subSubSection id="277EFB3EF88DD684E49F7D56894003A7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="differential diagnosis">
<paragraph id="FC9EDD2F756298DC39BE88B20909F236" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Differential diagnosis.</paragraph>
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In the present definition, most species of
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<emphasis id="BEA6D4E7D117993B3DB2AD1AFF525B89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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are yellowish to brown in coloration, ranging in size from 2-7 mm (e.g., Figs
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,
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), usually moderately punctate throughout the dorsal surface, and most diverse in the Old World. Smaller members of the genus may be confused with
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<emphasis id="7F79721652D8A996837F12DD01649F1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Agraphydrus</emphasis>
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, from which
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<emphasis id="971CE333A92502F921E27A533917D245" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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can be distinguished by its uniformly pubescent metaventrite (e.g., 36C, F;
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bears a distinct posteromedian glabrous patch on the metaventrite, e.g., Fig.
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). From
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<emphasis id="7AEA7B35FCC99F7210B6A732723F7421" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Peltochares</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="EC01E9EFC4502D876DC1885D36B08E24" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
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, members of
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<emphasis id="BC7D66C7DB0281C642DCAA8627FA64F3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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can be distinguished by their shorter and relatively stout maxillary palps [0.6-1.2
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the width of the head in
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<emphasis id="BB7A6D039016EB4C8C22D1F9649828A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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(e.g., Fig.
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), as opposed to slender, 1.3-1.8
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in
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<emphasis id="D01CAA0A37E8A230FDA69BAC38250E69" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Peltochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g., Fig.
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), 1.1-1.5
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in
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<emphasis id="44E17A74005B0116939D6296C16EE6C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
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(e.g., Fig.
<figureCitation id="D588EC6F316FEEE1623A47ECFBD9A48A" captionStart="Figure 42" captionStartId="F42" captionText="Figure 42. Habitus of Novochares spp. A-C N. sallaei: A dorsal habitus B lateral habitus C ventral habitus D-F N. sp. (Peru): D dorsal habitus E lateral habitus F ventral habitus. Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure42" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557441" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">42C, F</figureCitation>
)]; and by the development of the tibial grooves (weakly developed to absent in
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<emphasis id="9555A3A0442B67F1CFFA01952CE743D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, well developed in both
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<emphasis id="EF1E61EC5B0E1C7A5434CE4A3EC4DAFD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="D2E49AA8AFF25897C666FD3E330EC73E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Peltochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). The most problematic species would be those that are dark brown, relatively flattened, highly polished, and 4-5 mm long. In those cases, the most reliable feature for identification would be the male genitalia:
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<emphasis id="00A250AE0E6947E52EE9AD05166EA95C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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has tubular aedeagi (e.g., Figs
<figureCitation id="55D89A9954FA94F9FD5680B1BE44A8B2" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Aedeagi A-E trilobed: A schematic B Chasmogenus schmits C, D spiked: C schematic D Peltochares foveicollis E, F tubular: E schematic F Helochares politus G, H divided: G schematic H Novochares pallipes." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557415" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16E, F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="7464E87D758E2A165E4A05EB1DB07900" captionStart="Figure 37" captionStartId="F37" captionText="Figure 37. Aedeagi A-H Helochares spp.: A H. sp. (Guinea) B H. tristis C H. nr. cresphontes D H. nr. tatei E H. sp. (India, Goa) F H. sp. (Vietnam) G H. politus H H. songi (from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48) I Helopeltarium ferrugineum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557436" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">37A-H</figureCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="E42B0385CA603A3DDB8A8369FAC95160" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Peltochares</emphasis>
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has spiked aedeagi (e.g., Figs
<figureCitation id="D7185CAA978F945DDD98E4AE1F21EE10" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Aedeagi A-E trilobed: A schematic B Chasmogenus schmits C, D spiked: C schematic D Peltochares foveicollis E, F tubular: E schematic F Helochares politus G, H divided: G schematic H Novochares pallipes." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557415" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16C, D</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="ED7CFA36270C96FBE3ADACA9A7AB9043" captionStart="Figure 45" captionStartId="F45" captionText="Figure 45. Aedeagi of Peltochares spp. A P. conspicuus B P. foveicollis C P. sp. (Australia) D P. sp. (Tanzania;). Scale bars: 1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure45" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557444" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">45</figureCitation>
), and
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<emphasis id="6C92AD7CAC73CBFCA8EDF525E593C7B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
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has divided aedeagi (e.g., Figs
<figureCitation id="4B9A248B45ED0854EDC93FBEF2878798" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Aedeagi A-E trilobed: A schematic B Chasmogenus schmits C, D spiked: C schematic D Peltochares foveicollis E, F tubular: E schematic F Helochares politus G, H divided: G schematic H Novochares pallipes." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557415" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16G, H</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="FBB716DD0E793AB26B0A53540C7F33D2" captionStart="Figure 43" captionStartId="F43" captionText="Figure 43. Aedeagi of Novochares spp. A N. sp. (Ecuador) B N. abbreviatus C N. pallipes D N. chaquensis E N. atratus F N. pichilingue G N. cf. tectiformis H N. cf. coya I N. cf. guadelupensis J N. cf. cochlearis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure43" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557442" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">43</figureCitation>
); see explanation of aedeagal types under the aedeagus section of Morphological variation in
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and its taxonomic importance).
</paragraph>
<caption id="F7AEAAAA892081D865904AC3D1D3FFDC" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure36" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557435" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" start="Figure 36" startId="F36">
<paragraph id="E3E9703F1925DE744F1BA17159774A3A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="19012BE94E5A91720D2E336D41EED916" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 36.</emphasis>
Habitus of
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<emphasis id="1EF535F84BBC2E80D43E952373592044" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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spp.
<emphasis id="17820EF20621D436FA8C465B6C104CF4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A-C</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EBD7B7187E1E4A4C03DF02C53E38D4CE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. laevis</emphasis>
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:
<emphasis id="04545ED570C455BEBBC82AAFED7689BF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
dorsal habitus
<emphasis id="059D07023465BD3680734B66104C90D7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
lateral habitus
<emphasis id="E531566ABA321447CCF6A42C69573B25" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
ventral habitus
<emphasis id="B7AA8D78A0401E8863C22DD141CBA5F6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D-F</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="7499A859611E01E8DC415347215721B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H.</emphasis>
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sp. (India, Goa):
<emphasis id="A055FB8FAF9183156A6ABE1F44FB1BDE" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
dorsal habitus
<emphasis id="BFDC9DB457652DD4C6FBCFC80A6D9809" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
lateral habitus
<emphasis id="FD3B08F1E59A705F245404D391A55D73" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
ventral habitus. Scale bar: 1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4A35E9492A97F226697D92C70AFC672A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="296F1B9BD4050C3DEC57177BCF47821D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6822F178692C6AAF60EED97C03485DBB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis id="16AB891653FAE9507FF282DDD11D7C70" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Afrotropical</emphasis>
: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius (incl. Mascarene Is., Rodrigues), Morocco [in doubt], Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Republic of the Congo,
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, Rwanda,
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<normalizedToken id="B66E483929312983E7F851066EDE045E" originalValue="Tomé">Tome</normalizedToken>
and
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, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles (incl. Aldabra), Sierra Leone, Republic of South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Yemen (incl. Socotra), Zambia, Zimbabwe.
<emphasis id="5B14052D9E84CC7A6D79C5D74AB580F4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Australasian</emphasis>
: Australia (Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia), Fiji, Papua New Guinea (incl. Duke of York), Vanuatu.
<emphasis id="56C951EE750D59642B6D0FFBB4662CBB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Indo-Malayan</emphasis>
: Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, Hunan, Jiangxi, Macao, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang), India (Andaman Is., Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Nicobar Is., Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Lombok, Papua, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia (Peninsula, Sabah), Nepal, Philippines (Manila), Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
<emphasis id="7EFFED55ACF3DCF2AD3A8DF8EB2AE316" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Nearctic</emphasis>
: U.S.A. (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carolina, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia).
<emphasis id="7593DA858901633474BD471DD626ABCD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Neotropical</emphasis>
: Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.
<emphasis id="A65D80FAB40DBCFBFA6E052457767F2F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Oceanian</emphasis>
: Samoa, Tonga.
<emphasis id="AB3CB9B4F2DCF422854B11F4FC6D1CFB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Palearctic</emphasis>
: Algeria, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China (Chongqing, Jilin, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang [Tibet]), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Georgia, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine; Fig.
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="5874BA47123132E5D39F69D09C1D3C4D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="natural history">
<paragraph id="5319E95911F76DB12CD2214D1AC7ED00" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Natural history.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FD2D6C49E3B9182CCDEF3EED643F1DE6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Most of the older descriptions have no associated ecological information. Species of
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<emphasis id="B02D623DB589A60BD088DB6103A86091" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are aquatic (
<bibRefCitation id="B40F7D966252B83FA35797A3FF05EDD3" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Biologiske Skrifter" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 367" refId="B139" refString="Hansen, M, 1991. The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Biologiske Skrifter 40: 1 - 367" title="The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="40" year="1991">Hansen 1991</bibRefCitation>
) with a preference for quiet bodies of water (
<bibRefCitation id="50486B9BEA1926CB14921AEF487D8433" author="Archangelsky, M" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 207" refId="B4" refString="Archangelsky, M, 1997. Studies on the biology, ecology, and systematics of the immature stages of New World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey 12 (1): 1 - 207" title="Studies on the biology, ecology, and systematics of the immature stages of New World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia)." volume="12" year="1997">Archangelsky 1997</bibRefCitation>
) or slow flowing streams, rivers or pools, with pebbles, and mossy stones (
<bibRefCitation id="57FBD47A5D7A533B10C052EDF9530C64" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.9" author="Dong, X" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="166 - 180" refId="B93" refString="Dong, X, Bian, D, 2021. Three new species and two new records of Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay, 1871 from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae). Zootaxa 4950: 166 - 180, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.9" title="Three new species and two new records of Helochares (Hydrobaticus) MacLeay, 1871 from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Acidocerinae)." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.9" volume="4950" year="2021">Dong and Bian 2021</bibRefCitation>
); some species have been collected in rivers, streams, ponds, stagnant water, along sides of rivers, forest pool margins, usually associated with live or decomposing floating vegetation. They can be occasionally collected at light, sometimes in large numbers (Jia and Tang 2018). Females have been observed carrying their egg cases attached to the ventral side of their abdomen.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F9731001822D07FBB7EF530C846FB2C2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="larvae">
<paragraph id="EEE52D68ED0A400A3A21A8FA789BF4F1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Larvae.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CB14EDEFEE4C7E1849CC51FAA12D0D1B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<bibRefCitation id="B4860E1DA671B0F8C7A485A0AF25E33E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" author="Anderson, JME" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="219 - 228" refId="B2" refString="Anderson, JME, 1976. Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory. Australian Journal of Entomology 15 (2): 219 - 228, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" title="Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" volume="15" year="1976">Anderson (1976)</bibRefCitation>
described the immature stages of
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<emphasis id="77517276806B36B5CDDC1E6A62A482AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares tristis</emphasis>
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(MacLeay) along with the breeding method he used; the author described the eggs, egg case (25-50 eggs per case), first, second, and third instar larvae and pupa, as well as the entire life cycle.
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recorded observations of the emergence of larvae and adults. As the females carry their eggs attached to the ventral side of their bodies,
<bibRefCitation id="4849DE6945F3C8B68A4A96D5A8D2BCFE" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" author="Anderson, JME" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="219 - 228" refId="B2" refString="Anderson, JME, 1976. Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory. Australian Journal of Entomology 15 (2): 219 - 228, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" title="Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" volume="15" year="1976">Anderson (1976</bibRefCitation>
: 222) noted: &quot;When hatching from an attached bag, larvae appeared to emerge into the ventral bubble of air. Larvae then rose to the surface of the water and swam away with an alternate head-to-tail movement. They were observed to have bubbles of air in the abdomen. No doubt this was taken from the ventral air bubble and enabled the larvae to become buoyant.&quot; According to
<bibRefCitation id="58E16232EFAAE153350DA6CEB08BD58D" author="Archangelsky, M" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 207" refId="B4" refString="Archangelsky, M, 1997. Studies on the biology, ecology, and systematics of the immature stages of New World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia). Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey 12 (1): 1 - 207" title="Studies on the biology, ecology, and systematics of the immature stages of New World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia)." volume="12" year="1997">Archangelsky (1997)</bibRefCitation>
the larvae are predatory and also cannibalistic.
</paragraph>
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A diagnosis for larvae of
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<emphasis id="B33AC8E1C9AB28C2D89DCA531C9AEF4B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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as well as a list of the described immatures are provided in
<bibRefCitation id="B5C1269E3CE8AC038E1538291B1C163F" author="Fikacek, M" journalOrPublisher="Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B112" refString="Fikacek, M, 2003. Commented review of immature stages of World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia). Bachelor Seminar Work, Charles University, Prague." title="Commented review of immature stages of World Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia). Bachelor Seminar Work, Charles University, Prague." year="2003">
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(2003)
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, at the time considering
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<emphasis id="94ED39146B7174AD9A2B7647BE252247" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="87E34F6A8C64CFE004CA6D7EEF9AABE4" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Biologiske Skrifter" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 367" refId="B139" refString="Hansen, M, 1991. The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Biologiske Skrifter 40: 1 - 367" title="The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="40" year="1991">Hansen (1991)</bibRefCitation>
, including species of
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<emphasis id="E50403DB5D30189560D0D27F646BFCC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Novochares</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="42DD7322E71B873D0C21C613D43182FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Peltochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; the known larvae of the redefined
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<emphasis id="3AD5804743CF9E0C6AD8D23E5B5A5626" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are
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<emphasis id="342DA0F4B3AAFA935D6BC1A3D7FD0D0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. lividus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forster) (unknown stage larva in
<bibRefCitation id="71AB677F9B8D459E22328EA4C65F9819" author="d'Orchymont, A" journalOrPublisher="Annales de Biologie Lacustre" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="173 - 214" refId="B47" refString="d'Orchymont, A, 1913b. Contribution a l'etude des larves Hydrophilides. Annales de Biologie Lacustre 6: 173 - 214" title="Contribution a l'etude des larves Hydrophilides." volume="6" year="1913 b">
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1913b
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; first, second and third instar larvae in
<bibRefCitation id="C30CCC2BC41A93902B5DCB9B666D4C54" author="Panzera, O" journalOrPublisher="Memorie della Societa ̀ entomologica italiana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="52 - 63" refId="B228" refString="Panzera, O, 1932. Descrizione delle larve di Helochares griseus Fabr. e H. lividus Forst. (Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 11 (2): 52 - 63" title="Descrizione delle larve di Helochares griseus Fabr. e H. lividus Forst. (Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae)." volume="11" year="1932">Panzera 1932</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="D951733889C836EA93FE26394C1A0115" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. maculicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
<emphasis id="697AF29F1F9003FFCE75611D9D1C0C6C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. maculicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mulsant (eggs, first and third instar larvae and pupa in
<bibRefCitation id="9DB3E64582E3B00DB5A29FBCB407F433" author="Richmond, EA" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 93" publicationUrl="https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/947" refId="B244" refString="Richmond, EA, 1920. Studies on the biology of the aquatic Hydrophilidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 42 (1): 1 - 93, https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/947" title="Studies on the biology of the aquatic Hydrophilidae." url="https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/947" volume="42" year="1920">Richmond 1920</bibRefCitation>
),
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<emphasis id="0EAA1BAF8D2E9C113F78FA4601BF79D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. obscurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Müller) (first, second and third instar larvae in
<bibRefCitation id="D364F0C4BBF5712FCCCFC1F2A41CF157" author="Panzera, O" journalOrPublisher="Memorie della Societa ̀ entomologica italiana" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="52 - 63" refId="B228" refString="Panzera, O, 1932. Descrizione delle larve di Helochares griseus Fabr. e H. lividus Forst. (Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae). Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 11 (2): 52 - 63" title="Descrizione delle larve di Helochares griseus Fabr. e H. lividus Forst. (Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae)." volume="11" year="1932">Panzera 1932</bibRefCitation>
, as
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<emphasis id="1D8659029180E557CFD3FDD8F2D5F20D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. griseus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
],
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<emphasis id="DD64C711CA60D55959359297B52FEC7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tristis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay) (eggs, first, second and third instar larvae, and pupa in
<bibRefCitation id="E1552EA9B3A875C3CB6CD72E0D2FA3F1" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" author="Anderson, JME" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="219 - 228" refId="B2" refString="Anderson, JME, 1976. Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory. Australian Journal of Entomology 15 (2): 219 - 228, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" title="Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01696.x" volume="15" year="1976">Anderson 1976</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="9AE6193ED58500A68F859BB5CDDD09D0" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. clypeatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeatus">
<emphasis id="D765C339162D0DC8E08D81B26BFFEE74" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. clypeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Blackburn) (third instar larva in
<bibRefCitation id="5567260368D7CA5B4E26B0915F9EF812" author="Watts, CHS" journalOrPublisher="Records of the South Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="105 - 138" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" refId="B289" refString="Watts, CHS, 2002. The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects). Records of the South Australian Museum 35 (2): 105 - 138, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" title="The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects)." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" volume="35" year="2002">Watts 2002</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="70F7427F97AE1BA251F4FC3C9527D880" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. luridus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luridus">
<emphasis id="BA9DF5A6F0EAA05ABD453E94EEB5500E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. luridus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay) (third instar larva in
<bibRefCitation id="BD774C72ACECEB78C71298E11776F760" author="Watts, CHS" journalOrPublisher="Records of the South Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="105 - 138" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" refId="B289" refString="Watts, CHS, 2002. The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects). Records of the South Australian Museum 35 (2): 105 - 138, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" title="The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects)." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" volume="35" year="2002">Watts 2002</bibRefCitation>
),
<taxonomicName id="9BB0939607CF42680F5FE4DA55380948" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. tenuistriatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuistriatus">
<emphasis id="EF4F7F9BB94586977EE95ECE952CD6FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tenuistriatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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(third instar larva in
<bibRefCitation id="FD9C4D7F87A69C44718CDB97A73DB536" author="Watts, CHS" journalOrPublisher="Records of the South Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="105 - 138" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" refId="B289" refString="Watts, CHS, 2002. The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects). Records of the South Australian Museum 35 (2): 105 - 138, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" title="The larvae of some Australian aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Insects)." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40639775" volume="35" year="2002">Watts 2002</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="FEEE79832E791657855F24A4F7A3F073" author="Minoshima, Y" journalOrPublisher="Elytra" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" publicationUrl="http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/51_s/51_s_1.pdf" refId="B216" refString="Minoshima, Y, Hayashi, M, 2011. Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (Supplementum): 1-118. http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/51_s/51_s_1.pdf" title="Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (Supplementum): 1 - 118." url="http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/51_s/51_s_1.pdf" year="2011">Minoshima and Hayashi (2011)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="A78DEFE529EB532C3DA21FD7721FCD21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. anchoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp (first instar larva),
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<emphasis id="4F332F74C45BE3B6AAF8427A317050F8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nipponicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer (first, second and third instar larvae), and
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<emphasis id="E5E22DB06EFCC205149DA656BA73DB1C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. pallens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay) (first, second and third instar larvae); Table
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.
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="19C6D5EC6753A5EE89071A896E22C289" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Taxonomic history.</paragraph>
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The genus was originally described under the name of
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<emphasis id="C9899674030FECAED7BF445D104D9DD1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which was preoccupied by
<taxonomicName id="149B2A9BDF27220F47AEC27481E674A1" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helophilus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helophilus" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0D3DDFBA6A541602A8602138782F72A1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helophilus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Leach, 1817 (
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), therefore
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<emphasis id="C97346DEBCE0FA9A43902F0F311972D4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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was proposed by Mulsant (1844) as a replacement name. Thomson, in 1859, designated the type species for the genus. Through time
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<emphasis id="B7691EC06345A4D5E27F45FCCE644D82" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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, as well as some of its species, have accumulated multiple synonyms. In 1919,
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recognized five subgenera within
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<emphasis id="A4E04759439FC15D2AF383BF51D16520" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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<emphasis id="521D4C95D20168C0BB50F730148E9E12" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4F92E9F6039289C3A736D21516EBDD77" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Chasmogenus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chasmogenus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="15F22690B5D660CB8D46DF522F182B79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chasmogenus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EBF2E8B330B2D583BBAD1E87AC8F604F" authorityName="Kuwert" authorityYear="1890" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helocharimorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helocharimorphus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="54181870574B166519F46100EFD414B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helocharimorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F1046AF919BBF89E4A3CC2C28EE615FF" authorityName="MacLeay" authorityYear="1871" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Hydrobaticus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrobaticus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="70F5CC9716A7A10AAC1ABB5B5E2835C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Hydrobaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="91E01E9A79A292824AE85330108B57A1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sindolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="A742349A12F408997A15F2DD582DA5E7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chasmogenus</emphasis>
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was recognized as a separate genus by
<bibRefCitation id="041E72D6B8AEA1E6F62FD971591864F9" author="Fernandez, LA" journalOrPublisher="Neotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="189 - 193" refId="B106" refString="Fernandez, LA, 1986. Consideraciones sobre el genero Chasmogenus Sharp y descripcion de Chasmogenus sapucay sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Neotropica 32: 189 - 193" title="Consideraciones sobre el genero Chasmogenus Sharp y descripcion de Chasmogenus sapucay sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="32" year="1986">
<normalizedToken id="F264573BC36A96BAD994D79EF21BC4ED" originalValue="Fernández">Fernandez</normalizedToken>
(1986)
</bibRefCitation>
.
<bibRefCitation id="0B6CA67DA987DF8246E8693FBFE23161" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Biologiske Skrifter" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 367" refId="B139" refString="Hansen, M, 1991. The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Biologiske Skrifter 40: 1 - 367" title="The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="40" year="1991">Hansen (1991)</bibRefCitation>
added
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<emphasis id="A9D3F693FCF1C01004C5B39A1FD1FD60" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Batochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subgenus of
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<emphasis id="C0CC839F2FF395A6DDE2A17CFD232A8C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and commented on the possibility that the recognized subgenera of
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<emphasis id="458D0F4F9FA73693D6AB39A75F613909" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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at the time, represented actually distinct genera.
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elevated
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<emphasis id="DEADC367ED80F3463E6B8B2208A24747" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Batochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="030F6917AD9D2A12699CF0EB9F5DA043" authorityName="Sharp" authorityYear="1882" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Sindolus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sindolus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="EDE08B34A222BAC00798C77723762B6A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Sindolus</emphasis>
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to generic status based on their molecular phylogeny, as they were found to indeed represent separate clades. Additionally,
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found that the type species of
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<emphasis id="51DC9BAC798BBF552684107E91072D90" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="86D74C73CBBBD249C9AB3653E66B043F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares lividus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forster), which is from the Palearctic region) and the type species of
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<emphasis id="85D51468F0BD3075F1F6E058782B67AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Hydrobaticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="2401592E49DC70BB6701AB211E08B69C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares tristis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay) from Australia) are actually relatively closely related and belong in the same subclade (Clade A3 in
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). Furthermore, both species share morphological details of the male genitalia, therefore, we synonymize
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<emphasis id="B2C8187014BF9B36C5E8C11313D7BFA8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Hydrobaticus</emphasis>
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syn. nov. with
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<emphasis id="B0C21CE0E754883729024D7DD4AD147E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Conversely, the morphological variation under the new concept of
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<emphasis id="FD1504D36EE81C91813B34BCB9EE6F62" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
encompasses the features that were used for recognizing
<taxonomicName id="6FE8A0224D19C61E34DCCCCA1EBE565A" authorityName="Kuwert" authorityYear="1890" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helocharimorphus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helocharimorphus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8647484C9596D5817E467BA5D9A2B4D1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helocharimorphus</emphasis>
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: lack of elytral striae, short maxillary palps, mesoventrite only slightly elevated in front of the mesocoxae, and metatibiae slightly curved (
<bibRefCitation id="CE4983510C0D197ECF0EE80BBBBF4D85" author="d'Orchymont, A" journalOrPublisher="Annales de la Societe entomologique de France" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="105 - 168" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9486175" refId="B50" refString="d'Orchymont, A, 1919c. Contribution a l'etude des sous-familles des Sphaeridiinae et des Hydrophilinae (Col. Hydrophilidae). Annales de la Societe entomologique de France 88 (1-2): 105 - 168, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9486175" title="Contribution a l'etude des sous-familles des Sphaeridiinae et des Hydrophilinae (Col. Hydrophilidae)." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9486175" volume="88" year="1919 c">
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1919c
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: 149, in key). In contrast, more distinct and divergent morphotypes [e.g., small size (nearly 3 mm); strongly punctate surface; emarginated eyes; clypeus laterally bent upwards; Fig.
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] are nested within the main
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<emphasis id="E041F39DBB4CDB77980E0ACB9CF4DB06" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
clade. Therefore, despite not knowing the configuration of the aedeagus, we synonymize
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<emphasis id="68F83C786560B94008EEE9E790659619" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helocharimorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
syn. nov. with
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<emphasis id="AD6C4A09152E931D6717FC9352B88A7C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6BD14E7B2B0AAE16BAD14A6E9BAACB57" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
While the newly defined concept of
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<emphasis id="618619FEF2A7AD7FAEABB422B64DC00A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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is strongly supported as monophyletic (
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), it is a relatively ancient lineage (more than 100 mya) that has accumulated significant morphological variation and deep phylogenetic structure.
<bibRefCitation id="194E9A8737860A02BA7CDD44DC8FB1FC" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12467" author="Short, AEZ" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="380 - 395" refId="B274" refString="Short, AEZ, Giron, JC, Toussaint, EFA, 2021. Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America. Systematic Entomology 46 (2): 380 - 395, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12467" title="Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America." url="https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12467" volume="46" year="2021">Short et al. (2021)</bibRefCitation>
recovered three strongly supported clades (named A1, A2, and A3), though the relationships among the clades were indecisive among analyses. These clades could potentially serve as a basis for future subgenera. Clade A1 comprises at least two currently described species (
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<emphasis id="29CCB9CC6E5F465DF411F1674D290DB3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A12351B9E7AC847F0BC9516EB5F1837D" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. songi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songi">
<emphasis id="40E078B719DFBE13CF2C996A791CB6D1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. songi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from southeast Asia that have a tubular form of the aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BA3B605869CE83A53B605DF39F6DEA07" captionStart="Figure 37" captionStartId="F37" captionText="Figure 37. Aedeagi A-H Helochares spp.: A H. sp. (Guinea) B H. tristis C H. nr. cresphontes D H. nr. tatei E H. sp. (India, Goa) F H. sp. (Vietnam) G H. politus H H. songi (from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48) I Helopeltarium ferrugineum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557436" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">37H</figureCitation>
for
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<emphasis id="CB36381F433ED6FDD1C69958140B634F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. songi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), although there appear to be additional undescribed species in the region. Clade A2, which is relatively similar in morphology to Clade A1, comprises all New World species that remain assigned to
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<emphasis id="D7F4AC4672538F94FA5520AC3D340BAC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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, also with a similar tubular aedeagal form (Fig.
<figureCitation id="695FD9B31A411C15F8DF53CA041A2CC3" captionStart="Figure 37" captionStartId="F37" captionText="Figure 37. Aedeagi A-H Helochares spp.: A H. sp. (Guinea) B H. tristis C H. nr. cresphontes D H. nr. tatei E H. sp. (India, Goa) F H. sp. (Vietnam) G H. politus H H. songi (from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48) I Helopeltarium ferrugineum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557436" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">37G</figureCitation>
for
<taxonomicName id="EC78BE1C526EE0F83F89414BEF6BE20F" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. politus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis id="7DD53011BEA70597847C79CBF243F670" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); this lineage was recently revised by Short and
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(2017). All remaining species fall in Clade A3, which even in this reduced form contains tremendous morphological diversity (Fig.
<figureCitation id="B4CACC366104A0E6882A1F0EB77BFAD2" captionStart="Figure 37" captionStartId="F37" captionText="Figure 37. Aedeagi A-H Helochares spp.: A H. sp. (Guinea) B H. tristis C H. nr. cresphontes D H. nr. tatei E H. sp. (India, Goa) F H. sp. (Vietnam) G H. politus H H. songi (from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48) I Helopeltarium ferrugineum. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1045.63810.figure37" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/557436" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">37A-F</figureCitation>
). More study is needed for the genus as a whole, and in particular Clade A3, to further refine its classification and reintroduce species groups and subgenera. It is likely that features of the male genitalia will continue to prove useful in any refined classification of the genus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="08C31A1479DA15997A2FFA8AC0EF5F28" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figure 37.</emphasis>
Aedeagi
<emphasis id="30B70599D494FFDE96D723C3CAF7A7E6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A-H</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="4E7A31E67A27A314F4847F079A4DED2D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
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spp.:
<emphasis id="44FD87A53B315A3D1527EA213C24AC2D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">A</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9F9749ED05F592A2A9A6FAFBAA92A5B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H.</emphasis>
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sp. (Guinea)
<emphasis id="B0F803A652BDA1100D8B5E4AA42ECA1E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">B</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="6100ACCE5895B283C350E74C40B21D08" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tristis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5DC97A73047BE4253CF0E97A79602A26" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="BC0C0F25FA1BCECF8EE0BCE94E4D9C8A" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. cresphontes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cresphontes">H. nr. cresphontes</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="E188D8D49CF697D2062189479A6B114F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">D</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9FEFFF8DB187C9399E6720D106AFB1B1" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. tatei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tatei">H. nr. tatei</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="7859CC1A02BA3E1D17738C59846C567D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="501087DAC20696E8A51570AC3B078ADD" class="Insecta" genus="H." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H." order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B4D29ED5023622B1F74DD09CE299F055" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H.</emphasis>
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sp. (India, Goa)
<emphasis id="8F2E44AD3E25C70C279CC97F56D65CC2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">F</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="82031FDBE10FB3178BACA13A3E83BB5B" class="Insecta" genus="H." higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H." order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6A90569B757F3D22C024F08998F9F1AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. (Vietnam)
<emphasis id="128CAA4BC6717EF2E38DBAF31AA246F7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">G</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="FE4EE74F9539D18DE0FE04D8F7142218" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. politus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis id="3A339D56E13B1EE27D05F3A0C0F322BC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="A92E1F55B05C4BB77EBAA2ACB86BD4BC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="2F74A9B73E4D0E42D5CEAA9CEA2B1A9A" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. songi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="songi">
<emphasis id="DC90B3615C659B07498218B24351D829" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. songi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(from Jia and Tang 2018, fig. 48)
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<taxonomicName id="FCC7FCDE965B1165FA31FFD557317CF7" authorityName="Orchymont" authorityYear="1943" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helopeltarium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helopeltarium ferrugineum" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrugineum">
<emphasis id="20566E66C407DE6DE3ADAEB6DEEE4F95" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helopeltarium ferrugineum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="579DE1F93678A75E8D3DCCA146BA6D68" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Remarks.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6F63399585429219E670C9E434295B34" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="E1C09E4565E77A7DACE4B831D17BE1F2" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6B8F50B4E08AD9C6DE9D735712C17D4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been generally considered the most diverse, most widespread, and most taxonomically challenging genus of acidocerines. Even after the removal of unrelated lineages by
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, there remain 159 described species of
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<emphasis id="7FD3B1259E4BADA323668D0D228B2DEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although
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<emphasis id="D47E998BD0BC4844532BCF2C7585D5C8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Agraphydrus</emphasis>
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has now eclipsed
<taxonomicName id="9DFF412DAD10F930291744AEA48C9A90" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="57010C1634AC37063A1C8C0855D17BE6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the largest genus, with 201 described species. Efforts have been made to try to make sense of such diversity, by studying local faunas (
<bibRefCitation id="8B4E272D050523AA3277A44EAFD36C23" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1163/187631282X00129" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Entomologica Scandinavica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="201 - 211" refId="B138" refString="Hansen, M, 1982. Revisional notes on some European Helochares Muls. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 13: 201 - 211, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/187631282X00129" title="Revisional notes on some European Helochares Muls. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1163/187631282X00129" volume="13" year="1982">Hansen 1982</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="12D459F6B68195A31A4003C0E887C422" author="Watts, CHS" journalOrPublisher="Records of the South Australian Museum" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="113 - 130" publicationUrl="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46866161" refId="B288" refString="Watts, CHS, 1995. Revision of the Australasian genera Agraphydrus Regimbart, Chasmogenus Sharp and Helochares Mulsant (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 28: 113 - 130, https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46866161" title="Revision of the Australasian genera Agraphydrus Regimbart, Chasmogenus Sharp and Helochares Mulsant (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." url="https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46866161" volume="28" year="1995">Watts 1995</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="08A94F5F4995B200BB04604BF01114C7" author="Hebauer, F" journalOrPublisher="Acta Coleopterologica" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="3 - 38" refId="B150" refString="Hebauer, F, 1996. Synopsis der afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Helochares Mulsant (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Acta Coleopterologica 12 (2): 3 - 38" title="Synopsis der afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Helochares Mulsant (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)." volume="12" year="1996">Hebauer 1996</bibRefCitation>
; Short and
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2017; Jia and Tang 2018), but traditional character systems used for classification have been inadequate for distinguishing monophyletic groups. Only now, after the phylogenetic study by
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, there is some clarity regarding morphological trends in the genus. Most of the representative specimens available for this study are card-mounted, therefore characters of the ventral surfaces in the diagnosis offered here, are based on observations made on a sample of pin-mounted specimens.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7C950EEF46F9E38086888641FDD419DB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="species examined">
<paragraph id="26DFF3807ED9BF9B46B9EEE7D7772A5A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species examined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EC8547D7AED93CFFEE5D0FD920F55AEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="2D37A99A71DF4CC343538441A8A6E530" authorityName="Orchymont" authorityYear="1939" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares aethiopicus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aethiopicus">
<emphasis id="34D3DDD27C568CE4C83D4C71FE2EBB4E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares aethiopicus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="4685021CA701ABE7E5BE6A043A63A135" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. anchoralis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anchoralis">
<emphasis id="DDE5E9765E498DA80FF6031E16F5A044" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. anchoralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="830C86B58DC696945A524B043AD688FE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="2F1C77A4989A5B654D00FC50FB6950F3" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. alberti" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alberti">
<emphasis id="7C526E8E6713D245F7024C1063674328" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. alberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="99DAC4AA7370AFD2576F398F8A911B87" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. andreinii" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="andreinii">
<emphasis id="A2B623A621ED244D8F6AF2357FB9188F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. andreinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A2615315753F270D94FC62AA76D4C31D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="2FFA7D35F87BB1AC828A3D2794EE656A" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. anthonyae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anthonyae">
<emphasis id="46979094BD5D648C3596CB764E02E095" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. anthonyae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Watts,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5B7A057401456E6E434DD8431BA895B7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="6F20AF1E203DA0FEFD0F61A6467C9CF2" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. balfourbrownei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="balfourbrownei">
<emphasis id="F47AB7E7F686E18CAA392CEEDC718C73" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. balfourbrownei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hansen,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F0086762931B397F4CEF55CA01554E7F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="42E23F8433C6430C5CCF69D0FD2ACACF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. bohemani" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bohemani">
<emphasis id="A4132FB5117D5F2B918463767D0A7972" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. bohemani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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***,
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<paragraph id="FBF99E40A37462D5D5DF5C414D04E779" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="AE17CBD87844859FF82F4A04FFAA4A44" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. camerunensis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="camerunensis">
<emphasis id="F7B77FB8304450957A5615C0913BF6C1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. camerunensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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,
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="1E983DFADA41AEE14D91E8A40DF02C1A" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. cancellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cancellatus">
<emphasis id="70641C25E25D4950F26ACA7857CC82E9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. cancellatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BC286E6383751BEA2FD49E3F4EBC4E83" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="F43F34423E12C3DC752AF1871D4F2E94" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. championi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="championi">
<emphasis id="85F55DCD3721F53BB6A92A093FF6ECEF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. championi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="28B91C402CF64D2FCBD4B73387726524" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="5A42D7953B060B0B53EAA5857696E3E6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. clypeatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clypeatus">
<emphasis id="A16C6943F537FA9BC13BF90EE0B38C55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. clypeatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Blackburn,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="08CBD2E4E3DD5FC035E384D0AAF64AB1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="D04DBABF0F509397288464AEB8A497ED" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. conformis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="conformis">
<emphasis id="AD54103DD9E6049DD0EB3597B7861287" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. conformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D726E05E39FB8E0346907F4291724E49" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="A6E0E7BB8ACB752115C98ED3F644C52E" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. congruens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="congruens">
<emphasis id="4EAD595FEB24D7F007FB36B03E480F79" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. congruens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="40E450A487110F487FC53B444264705A" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. crenatostriatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crenatostriatus">
<emphasis id="DEEB841AF78ABE596A882AE7BBCD2267" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. crenatostriatus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="22807380437BEB376B70361781DD90DB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. crenatuloides" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crenatuloides">
<emphasis id="EDE80F6B579BC95B5707D7B66F59F710" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. crenatuloides</emphasis>
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***,
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<taxonomicName id="B38D2111A40804F092D5A643466EC435" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. crepitus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crepitus">
<emphasis id="68E8837FE40367628D8A09115B419ED9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. crepitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Balfour-Browne,
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<paragraph id="BDD2D8BFBECB2939473EEB2F86BD08E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="22440062E2412D3489F7BD60CA98E924" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. crispus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="crispus">
<emphasis id="81FE7FA7DCC68A07FCD9B57FFF3D8CAB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. crispus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="00FB99C8B79DE81822E7D6EAE287E6DB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. densepunctus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="densepunctus">
<emphasis id="1977D7142D6F2759567D7870C726797E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. densepunctus</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="101A6D7768F1A7C439CE7A4BDA31D3C7" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. densus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="densus">
<emphasis id="B91B583E12C733485D58A9D2CF46BEE6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. densus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp,
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<taxonomicName id="2388DAF862EE85E933DBC807C548E6AB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. depactus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="depactus">
<emphasis id="276A3405A6A7498CFC6306F8E36A440C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. depactus</emphasis>
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,
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<paragraph id="A595250D44547E170424F2C898651368" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="3948681147D2A9D8C64FF7D3B9C81C12" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. didymus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="didymus">
<emphasis id="3720DAD63EDA23BE75A8966E4A50F0F0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. didymus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="23FFEC019E71B86D2851C5663B8CF45E" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
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<paragraph id="FE7893BCA504273586770D57F3674A75" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="A50246F866A85C5D0D2EB276CA244158" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. difficilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="difficilis">
<emphasis id="BDA78F6FDC37A27563A12D420330BADF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. difficilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="7E3EEB6E7F58657BE3C2F292514E585E" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
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<paragraph id="71D1D91766E748AB5B91D122828F7BE9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="AAB2D4D494D665BB93433FBD585F25C6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. dilutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dilutus">
<emphasis id="894FE0131F5BA386D97BC1D39776C46A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. dilutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Erichson***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EF4B4FD01C473A114DB1724B0B706C24" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="00B42AF74AD0B575AF6CB5D2879E0994" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. dimorphus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dimorphus">
<emphasis id="C65AB03B58B31ADFA8F9854B86ECBA63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. dimorphus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="45D5020697C2D8F83B5235DEEBFD5D21" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
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<paragraph id="2043A8B6D2F37B604C25777FD61E5B92" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="77E9C642B52B7EBA857D94CD25FA01C1" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. dollmani" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dollmani">
<emphasis id="80467E1651B5E682B6ED9236A0E88E95" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. dollmani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Balfour-Browne,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C2E4BAA375A1C8499B89FFE2F3893244" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="76B4B9A62369E7980B1E7E59649BEF0B" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. dolus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dolus">
<emphasis id="D2E718745D7BA1985184DBEB5137F04C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. dolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="EDC0991802AD530F78BC82584B2590F6" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C2DB5106EBB209102A299276573BC63F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="09FBD9BADE372466AB6A06A3186AD58D" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. egregius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="egregius">
<emphasis id="ED2D0AE3172E4DB4ADDFEFB703EC69D8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. egregius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Balfour-Browne,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="267F8FBCDAD130F772E868EC345DECB1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="0D7AD0CCF6FF5BF18648F10D09DDD9B7" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. endroedyi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="endroedyi">
<emphasis id="3DA89F0FF4D804AF0CB005FC4739D9A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. endroedyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3D84BC65CE0815AED385B514B27275A1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="530A13EB12F5FC62D2B0884E0EB5E6B6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. fratris" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fratris">
<emphasis id="FF3773C77D9F08B087D7D6BB3EFE1496" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. fratris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7C9BFE6E4E3C0E5DDD1AF55A1A34E8C9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="BEB242D48C183BF09D6426F9449F097E" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. fuliginosus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fuliginosus">
<emphasis id="E267532282827357353FA23351BDDEB3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. fuliginosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="2D31ED60271CD1DCDFDD403FB8D611B3" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="178AF07A2836B42BF0280A020F70D9AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="03A195BA82B95BC9F7C87294C825DAFB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. insolitus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insolitus">
<emphasis id="BE6322AB3109781D1D65E38AB3110E5F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. insolitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="397E465B26913BB3446662B32492B09B" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B9A6AEECB4AE71726798621C48E3F01D" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="0C5E9D50A28AE6D5ACE040BAAF55EB32" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. itylus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="itylus">
<emphasis id="0A9F8196378FA94F7E5430B693E69DAB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. itylus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Balfour-Browne,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B2BF68A876ECA7E9B075445A7B6251CC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="1ED9C29E6E519129BCA39AF1E3FEFE4D" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. ivani" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ivani">
<emphasis id="6079EA5E7B13F24CF609E0124CFEA46E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. ivani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8CDF5860CF021981EE58ED38D9DAF07E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="7B2EA56EDDAC905A3026DB31B59013D8" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. laevis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laevis">
<emphasis id="6A86F64C0EBA04E279762959CC8FB53E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. laevis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Short &amp;
<normalizedToken id="75A376F2EAF25AA199397B6685F87120" originalValue="Girón">Giron</normalizedToken>
**,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="456B75FDCCBAEAC436B8F9389FF36009" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="8A33B171F892400E535168449ED09FAA" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. lentus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lentus">
<emphasis id="7557B2D23566CAE86FA39CEBEC0ADE7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. lentus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="528E20F068A408DEFFA4570C99593E56" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="AF2A035EE479A96503212E71C80A134B" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. lepidus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepidus">
<emphasis id="4BD0D1AF36180883E2A5F99D17449FF5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. lepidus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="28099622C7828A4E143DCA8B61D4EC5E" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="33FE7D8D88F0F8B31899CAF67BFBE6DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="764000AE87490F2889A88E344273D5C4" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. leptinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leptinus">
<emphasis id="2778DE4BB3F5BEB07A629E83DA9D7CEA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. leptinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="5DA25774C0A734A83BE91685B084D247" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8C7640B1400017A86670E1C637CB225A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="2795D5B37C8DF3D6734B1FD9D5D10F31" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. lividoides" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividoides">
<emphasis id="43418BC30B2F08F2DF67135781E77167" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. lividoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hansen &amp; Hebauer,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A7842E4BA2D621F6A59B0F2212C2C2EE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="BD0B672E998529FBE2F658497DAA3C83" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. lividus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lividus">
<emphasis id="0DC7A089EC23244E36366789EE147942" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. lividus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Forster),
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DD86A09D6DD065AEA8379818843FA390" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="D71925B0A50762652D3DD0675F965742" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. loticus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="loticus">
<emphasis id="0DFBFDA20E6E08F89DE175122BF9863B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. loticus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7DE007486E5364DDDF96D82446F451B3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="93489A4F3854572CECB0ADB718617C52" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. luridus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luridus">
<emphasis id="4BB1C0D95DCE833FFECC698722B7B9FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. luridus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay),
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C5DD6E6C5055CC56835A6417050CBEA4" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="15387591F655259953C47041BA2663E6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. maculicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculicollis">
<emphasis id="73968A70730B03BD00F15523E4817807" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. maculicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Mulsant,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F0C5C776FEF09023523B8B9E5631B5BB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="293E629366D9A4603B2C36DEB995AC4C" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mecarus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mecarus">
<emphasis id="FC7A802B834171CAB306E4ACC8DCEAB4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. mecarus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="3F8CCC64769E9D06F5D24BFE90F518D5" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C03DE6F3F66B1A4BB09BF4F83977B97" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="A5FDE1C2CBDA86CA4D78606A54FEF025" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mediastinus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mediastinus">
<emphasis id="49F8C0C2304526AC464CD8717B9DE5FC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. mediastinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="C6D0A1135F7504AF77DE8470A79568CB" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="907D9FD28E41AED8369A6E77AA45E9F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="1887F7B736CBE8A9BB574D7FB3DFE033" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. melanophthalmus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="melanophthalmus">
<emphasis id="26DE9C0DCD05DB1745003FD19824A98F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. melanophthalmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Mulsant),
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="806F94548E74DD54BDA30511603592C0" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="D4F68E0CFC85724315D8EBB61A0B1FE9" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mentinotus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mentinotus">
<emphasis id="F7F20D79B90BBBEBD3A1FDF23CB4E36A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. mentinotus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Kuwert,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6F6A41098AB4FEE78FADCFA3F502F4AB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="BB7FFD3566579E8F4678A0A20DA67340" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. mersus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mersus">
<emphasis id="B5E8A7A26E9B0E4ADF91A1AF3DDE7B16" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. mersus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="E7F317D474C5E6E1D0131653C4F3FEC7" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="484D6BE7A16430FFF2ACAFEEC3419220" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="E06D57B6273ED16C1EED1FE83B8DE39D" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. minax" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minax">
<emphasis id="13A35912BF04C66997BE27D9464F1D16" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. minax</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="065A2074BA19E5D69107BF6E740A86B8" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9B521D8E33C5F3292CE6BA9BCBC1CB7A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="CB8AB843AC63D6A9A4EFB53639ECE0C2" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. minor" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minor">
<emphasis id="341E338C811837C22E55D44A3B953550" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. minor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="BDCAE96309070561136ECEFA5C5B6F05" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9C8C9AC319576462BD340B6B0046B408" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="31E8059CD8441610106C900705130A12" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. minusculus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="minusculus">
<emphasis id="F99AA866A5FC9083ACBAEB7BB4910663" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. minusculus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="D68231FC6042FB12A75072A8F84ACFDA" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="416C7926E890020CBFC15A853782B8EB" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="E30E5840183E43C86CFAAC5D36C93B9B" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nebridius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nebridius">
<emphasis id="45E27DC840A325619538BB8A2AB8D339" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nebridius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="86B176A08B56AF1101DFEEA2FC7B4A84" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CA2A63F35E5026AD7FD422E6C057D81A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="20ED6F360C6197B6F15E08ED84AFB1C5" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. negatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="negatus">
<emphasis id="79C519E68CBAAE33282710E7D3569F53" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. negatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1A2E1EE78DCC41D871597719EEB35504" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C03D6A9729A8A1BE6A85F87106839584" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. neglectus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="neglectus">
<emphasis id="2021A27F69DA76EC6487E815BA6EE18A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. neglectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hope)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="00C9D6900ABF45EA2F1FF6B1C8864F96" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="3D0A5393D713A40A894E8101213B0A71" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nexus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nexus">
<emphasis id="F717D83F103233E1463FEB34CCF8A458" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nexus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Short &amp;
<normalizedToken id="FA4AC87558BE84112EFC9629F11133CA" originalValue="Girón">Giron</normalizedToken>
**,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F9E7D6ABB02B1377A506B4322D9F61A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="659ED3178645F7AE7CF3E9BEB852E731" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nigrifrons" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigrifrons">
<emphasis id="783F86CAFC199B7D56840F4DFC89F5D5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nigrifrons</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Brancsik,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FC85504BFDF3BD7E3FA2405E71826E02" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="5C1BD951308A635D05F8CC2A72CC97FA" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nigripalpis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigripalpis">
<emphasis id="96FEDB822E2022BA5D1E727E8AB438FC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nigripalpis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer &amp; Hendrich*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A315F2F648185CE3D4F97D1762751BB3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="7558E1BF717676F917F23BED75BB4A3E" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nigroseriatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigroseriatus">
<emphasis id="AA4FF66DE5A73D0EE3817191D6A0E0F5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nigroseriatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5813BCEF1A6ACCB1FC664F4425570F1E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="E9E2F07B308FF23A327FDCF6F24867A6" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. nipponicus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nipponicus">
<emphasis id="5D9A91AFEC064BA644FCC89CBBB55E5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. nipponicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3785905343E2141BB5DCC4762204D21A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="64445EF96B8FF7B9D4520D23499D95FB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. normatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="normatus">
<emphasis id="1284AD855EC6FB12397677A6AC4A8DD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. normatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(LeConte),
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="041CCBD5F50F765792F0C63378568335" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="35D40F663B53510CCD229BF2551EE8AF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. obscurus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
<emphasis id="53B1C7C1A78C29CB226A118637C3C66E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. obscurus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Müller)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E5315F223D3F1BB20E7D02191A0BD3A6" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="61C4A7549D7653D5BDDEE7D695DAB004" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. pallens" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pallens">
<emphasis id="D6F34725F8A49527E429105D9782BD84" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. pallens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0E09450FA4E0A8761CA435EB21792BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="BC31037BE5200ADCC87D9E3BAA235929" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. percyi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="percyi">
<emphasis id="136F6C26354B75AABF95C8753297D536" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. percyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Watts,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ABE910DBFF41B1F0F0751741F63504AC" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="115B2FA2F5A621A64B3EC8556CA621AF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. perminutus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perminutus">
<emphasis id="9E8E49EFA537E6D472CD9764C42711AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. perminutus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B7246207CE1C9B6356953B7ADBAE8A3F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="A761CEFC91E8B41C8544443E8C90F839" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. politus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="politus">
<emphasis id="58E803B232F071C7E18BFAAEF4D1E0A8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. politus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Short &amp;
<normalizedToken id="787CC3DDBC7BA0064FDBCF62EA0DF39E" originalValue="Girón">Giron</normalizedToken>
**,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="58B8C1C3C1A1F3883ED802C76CBCAD89" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="730B0A9B1B948F2F2CD247054278C34F" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. punctatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="punctatus">
<emphasis id="F269CB9C3CF55569A82A4E55C3AA163E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. punctatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0D54A247EBD47DFC68909111A7F67FBE" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="0694CCB615BFA290518D09AE022D6EA3" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. salvazai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="salvazai">
<emphasis id="735EE9FD31CD31EF4689110B0F900081" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. salvazai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="6446A2072D783A967A644A6F003DC3AD" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1417F81C3E7C32DFAFE68DE2E7A652F5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="977548E99E775EEC5F9F504EADA38E4C" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. schwendingeri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schwendingeri">
<emphasis id="463F6476477690E3024FB0F3EDD93BA2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. schwendingeri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="95FA2B49CB0338447CB6B106CB064232" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="76A292ACDB397F41BA920FB0D9931EA9" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. scitulus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="scitulus">
<emphasis id="B447B63E9ECE5E0D3A44112F3FB6FEDF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. scitulus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Balfour-Browne,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1FD811C1076524F1B6C35AAB7FAFA929" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="FCBF4CAA047A4734313813432890E70B" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. sharpi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sharpi">
<emphasis id="E5416BCF0BF8C8EEA6BB2D9A23CCF20A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. sharpi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Kuwert)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B46C56690E117D13404D3D4F95CDA48C" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="3A354CB154A7938B7E042A369D9F4C40" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. skalei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="skalei">
<emphasis id="391C5D948CC93193ED407F7575C73AB4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. skalei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A1E03938BEEA24B8022EFD4E3DD5F2D9" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="B13D69689F4A352C21A90FF80B9DEFAF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. steffani" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="steffani">
<emphasis id="4022B6602EC5B6FD00160AE68A005735" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. steffani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D4C8A6567FD31746C70B8EE5EACF14F3" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="FE3587FEBD3CF23D27D6F99472FC4E99" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. stenius" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stenius">
<emphasis id="ACEDEBC7C63BB875FC254A8DB7728D0F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. stenius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="C3F8D333444CE9541F28D8F62866DD8E" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="989F3B3B1B700E3B7D4508F5D8835D04" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="98E169864B0D3454D06D6E8E33A0B4AB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. striatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="striatus">
<emphasis id="596E4FA760801E6A9A6A838F0E8D2782" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. striatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boheman,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="942AF230E4FFE4EEF9B097E5E101B163" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C773A8B26F13DDCBA994D94474E03BFE" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. strictus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="strictus">
<emphasis id="DEB1EB78CB658AC0D41769D5CFB98235" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. strictus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="F190E87F222FFD4D762200974AA5B8AA" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="564CD5B3D87E7221FF40396261662894" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="7268D21B7CBDFBA3616407F30A0C4426" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. strigellus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="strigellus">
<emphasis id="4D1DE730E456A3B60ADB6174D080E355" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. strigellus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F6314EA0E6824391222DEEE5A9D24A90" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C6A2824F53200C96783AACE265DDC0FF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. structus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="structus">
<emphasis id="4964D6CCA1CF87BAE116175C02C37790" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. structus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="944CD5586F2C48789491781508302F1C" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1FE85925FB6322E3173F223E98E6B2DA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="7952FE4944E3613706CAC957E3BF013B" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. subtilis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subtilis">
<emphasis id="3070EAD9F20E1BD9EFEAA0DEBD6259CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. subtilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="09DCB9F0CEF20D07F8963C1671F04012" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="64BD2DDE99BB8E87224C0C818F530631" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="0F8BCC232FF8AC48FD91D457C9E313FE" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. tatei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tatei">
<emphasis id="EAE329839A2C51A0B363CE9F3A4D6F70" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tatei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Blackburn)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CD01B59910455C8AA10E0D20DC3DADD2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C19B6B022BBE359E9D395B52EB70C401" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. tenuistriatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tenuistriatus">
<emphasis id="C71287063906B4A3573BE4F9F9D709C6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tenuistriatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<normalizedToken id="F406794783C66BB3897FCDD10EA1AD85" originalValue="Régimbart">Regimbart</normalizedToken>
,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="76FB6FB06B9F905D21DC04141F83918E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="70876AAEDC8C45426A10D03FBE5E35FF" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. tristis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tristis">
<emphasis id="068AED8B71A68AF188E178FC5FC2ABA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. tristis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(MacLeay)***,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="85404BEC449108080FF6EF45E3361944" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="AA38CC430BC147AA86AA35C50CBD9772" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. trujillo" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="trujillo">
<emphasis id="CA7A05C9090C973615D8C679EA6A0A5A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. trujillo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Short &amp;
<normalizedToken id="B5B956A89769617845D17B08F36DE23D" originalValue="Girón">Giron</normalizedToken>
**,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BCAC5A5B73BA085EC16140B2D9C1156A" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="E742C6F39BBDDF2434405F7C257BF1DB" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. wagneri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wagneri">
<emphasis id="B0A0DAFE738A1650E78470D3D8F45FE1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. wagneri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="F8B01C9F83D7DB1E9C909FF9C294CDBA" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="0357C4C44F8491E7317A896294EA2621" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. wattsi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="wattsi">
<emphasis id="C0924603E61AE590E004457DF1786B6F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. wattsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer &amp; Hendrich*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0AB8B5897415A51F1E4B0F44F35E5C3F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="6FBCACC325D8075ED2A21F02F9964ABE" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. yangae" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="yangae">
<emphasis id="3F7964A08058D9F935BB44615C7C0D08" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. yangae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Hebauer, Hendrich &amp; Balke*,
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AFD62D16FBFC55DEC29BB8B9E814AA41" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="C567591A380FD295F877A7F97E3526C4" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. zamora" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zamora">
<emphasis id="9EA1436E8C04342A2D87E79C37433FD7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. zamora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Short &amp;
<normalizedToken id="48CAB7BA4A1848611A7F44175E37648A" originalValue="Girón">Giron</normalizedToken>
**.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="05FF801E0B05152C35AAFEEC085CDBD2" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
For species marked with one asterisk (*) at least one paratype was available. For species marked with two asterisks (**) the holotype, and in some cases paratypes were examined in this study; all these specimens were card-mounted. For species marked with three asterisks (***) some specimens were pin-mounted, allowing to view ventral structures. For
<taxonomicName id="2A9168F924F79AE27D1EF4D3DDBC4AFA" class="Insecta" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="H. championi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="championi">
<emphasis id="FF6949C41F40C7CD7DE7614792BE5630" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">H. championi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Sharp one of the available specimens was previously compared with the holotype by A. Short.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="507F3C47ADDDDEB8BBD4C807051BB607" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="selected references">
<paragraph id="B57FE8A8A6F4E0B037824B311125C1A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Selected references.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="75E0774F108B0F3F48EBD4689AD95990" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
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<normalizedToken id="FBEFF171B7D6DA5DA8EC121634F89918" originalValue="dOrchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
1939b
</bibRefCitation>
,
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,
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,
<bibRefCitation id="C67286ADFEF32AEEC9CD11D1388C6090" author="d'Orchymont, A" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 12" refId="B85" refString="d'Orchymont, A, 1943e. Notes complementaires sur les Helochares (Hydrobaticus) orientaux (Palpicornia Hydrophilidae). Bulletin du Musee royal d'Histoire naturelle de Belgique 19 (21): 1 - 12" title="Notes complementaires sur les Helochares (Hydrobaticus) orientaux (Palpicornia Hydrophilidae)." volume="19" year="1943 e">e</bibRefCitation>
: miscellaneous taxonomic works focused on
<taxonomicName id="1AC192B0A2B3834D8B663AA7CA627328" authorityName="Mulsant" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Helochares" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Helochares" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="178320AD294573DD02F4CF3240686432" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Helochares</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, for the most part describing new species, some of which include aedeagal illustrations;
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: notes on European species with morphological clarifications;
<bibRefCitation id="A402A42DC5DFE6C19CCA38D0DCEB41E1" author="Hansen, M" journalOrPublisher="Biologiske Skrifter" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="1 - 367" refId="B139" refString="Hansen, M, 1991. The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Biologiske Skrifter 40: 1 - 367" title="The hydrophiloid beetles. Phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." volume="40" year="1991">Hansen 1991</bibRefCitation>
: generic diagnosis, synonyms, list of subgenera;
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: faunistic study for Australia;
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