Crephelochares is a genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 29 described species.

[1] It is distributed across the Afrotropical, Australasian, Indo-Malayan, and Palaearctic realms.

Then it was considered a synonym of Chasmogenus,[3] but thanks to the results of a phylogenetic analysis involving molecular data,[4] both taxa are now considered distinct genera on their own right.

[1] 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.