Genus Crephelochares Kuwert, 1890

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• Crephelochares Kuwert, A. 1890. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. XIX. Heft. Hydrophilidae. I. Abteilung: Hydrophilini. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 28: 1-121 [38].

  Type species:

   Helochares livornicus Kuwert, 1890 by subsequent designation, see Orchymont, A. d' 1939. Revision des espèces du sous-genre Crephelochares d'Helochares. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 79: 154-166 [154].

  Secondary source:

   Short, A., Girón, J. & Toussaint, E. 2021. Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America. Systematic Entomology 46: 380-395 [391] (resurrected).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [174] (formerly as Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 [Chasmogenus was circumscribed and restricted to Central and South America, therefore Crephelochares was resurrected to accommodate other species, including the sole species currently known from Australia (Short et al. 2021)]. —
  Short, A., Girón, J. & Toussaint, E. 2021. Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America. Systematic Entomology 46: 380-395 [391]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Girón, J. & Short, A. 2021. The Acidocerinae (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae): taxonomy, classification, and catalog of species. ZooKeys 1045: 1-236 [159]

Short, A., Girón, J. & Toussaint, E. 2021. Evolution and biogeography of acidocerine water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) shaped by Gondwanan vicariance and Cenozoic isolation of South America. Systematic Entomology 46: 380-395 [391] (resurrected after Chasmogenus Sharp, 1882 was restricted to Central and South America)

Short, A.E.Z. & Fikacek, M. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 38: 723-752 [741] (herein transferred from former position in subfamily Hydrophilinae, tribe Hydrophilini, subtribe Acidocerina)

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