Batochares is an Afrotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species.

[1][2] The genus Batochares was described for the first time as a subgenus of Helochares by d’Orchymont in 1939;[3] since the author did not explicitly designate a type species, the name was validated by fixing a Type species by Hansen in 1991.

[1] Small-sized beetles (3–4 mm), pale brown in coloration, usually with a mottled appearance.

A diagnosis of the genus was presented by Girón and Short.

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