| Aulonochares | |
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| Dorsal view of Aulonochares tubulus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Acidocerinae |
| Genus: | Aulonochares Girón & Short, 2019 |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Aulonochares is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
The genus Aulonochares was described for the first time by Girón & Short in 2019.
It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains three described species from Brazil (Amazonas, Roraima), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Medium-sized beetles (5.8–7.5 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, orange-brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.
According to Girón and Short:
Specimens of Aulonochares have been collected in densely forested sandy streams and detrital pools in forests along creeks. They seem to prefer habitats with abundant detritus or decaying organic matter.