title: Aulonochares
text: # Aulonochares
  
  Aulonochares is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by three described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  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.
  
  ## Description
  
  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.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  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.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Aulonochares lingulatus Girón and Short, 2019
  * Aulonochares novoairensis Girón and Short, 2019
  * Aulonochares tubulus Girón and Short, 2019
  