Crephelochares

Crephelochares is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 29 described species. It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indo-Malayan, and Palaearctic realms.

Taxonomy
The genus Crephelochares was described for the first time by August Ferdinand Kuwert in 1890 as a subgenus of the genus Helochares.

Then it was considered a synonym of Chasmogenus, but thanks to the results of a phylogenetic analysis involving molecular data, both taxa are now considered distinct genera on their own right.

Description
Small size (2.5–4.8 mm), bearing a clearly visible sutural stria; long maxillary palps; metafemora densely covered by hydrofuge pubescence.

A diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.

Species

 * 1) Crephelochares abnormalis (Sharp, 1890)
 * 2) Crephelochares africanus (d'Orchymont, 1937)
 * 3) Crephelochares balkei (Short, 2010)
 * 4) Crephelochares cattienus (Hebauer, 2002)
 * 5) Crephelochares irianus (Hebauer, 2001)
 * 6) Crephelochares larsi (Hebauer, 1995)
 * 7) Crephelochares livornicus (Kuwert, 1890)
 * 8) Crephelochares luctuosus (d'Orchymont, 1939)
 * 9) Crephelochares lycetus (d'Orchymont, 1939)
 * 10) Crephelochares mauritiensis (Balfour-Browne, 1958)
 * 11) Crephelochares molinai (Hebauer, 1992)
 * 12) Crephelochares mollis (Régimbart, 1903)
 * 13) Crephelochares molluscus (Hebauer, 1992)
 * 14) Crephelochares nitescens (Fauvel, 1883)
 * 15) Crephelochares omissus (Hebauer, 1995)
 * 16) Crephelochares orbus (Watanabe, 1987)
 * 17) Crephelochares paramollis (Hebauer, 1992)
 * 18) Crephelochares parorbus (Jia and Tang, 2018)
 * 19) Crephelochares patrizii (Balfour-Browne, 1948)
 * 20) Crephelochares punctulatus (Short, 2010)
 * 21) Crephelochares rhodesiensis (Hebauer, 2006)
 * 22) Crephelochares ruandanus (Balfour-Browne, 1957)
 * 23) Crephelochares rubellus (Hebauer, 1992)
 * 24) Crephelochares rubricollis (Régimbart, 1903)
 * 25) Crephelochares rudis (Hebauer, 1992)
 * 26) Crephelochares rusticus (d'Orchymont, 1939)
 * 27) Crephelochares rutiloides (d'Orchymont, 1939)
 * 28) Crephelochares rutilus (d'Orchymont, 1925)
 * 29) Crephelochares szeli (Hebauer, 1992)