Giron, Jennifer C.;Short, Andrew Edward Z.
Tobochares
Sign in to saveTobochares is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 24 described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
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It is catalogued under topics including Beetles of South America, Hydrophilidae and Insects described in 2007.
Its subject is documented across 3 Wikipedia language editions.
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Tobochares is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 24 described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
== Taxonomy == The genus Tobochares belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae. It was first described by Short and García in 2007. Since then, as more species are discovered in the seepages of the Guiana Shield Region, there have been two additional papers describing several additional species.
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