Novochares is a primarily Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae represented by 15 described species, one of which is thought to be introduced in Florida in the United States of America.

[1] The genus Novochares was created by Girón & Short in 2021 to accommodate 15 species formerly placed in the genus Helochares that occur across Central and South America, and some of the Lesser Antilles.

[1] Medium-sized beetles (4.5–9.0 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps.

There is a lot of variation in aedeagal forms (see Figure 43 in Girón and Short 2021).

[1] According to Girón and Short, "Species of Novochares occur in a broad range of both lentic and lotic habitats".