title: Nanosaphes
text: # Nanosaphes
  
  Nanosaphes is a Neotropical genus of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae represented by seven described species known from the Guiana Shield Region.
  
  ## Taxonomy
  
  The genus Nanosaphes was described for the first time by Girón & Short in 2018.
  
  It belongs in the subfamily Acidocerinae and contains seven described species from Brazil (Pará), Guyana, and Suriname.
  
  ## Description
  
  Tiny beetles (1.15–1.45 mm), smooth and shiny dorsally, yellowish-brown to dark brown in coloration, with long maxillary palps. The most salient characteristic of the genus is the minute size of its members. A complete diagnosis was presented by Girón and Short.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  According to Girón and Short "Species are associated with stream margins, particularly where there are marginal banks of sand and roots.".
  
  ## Species
  
  * Nanosaphes castaneus Girón and Short, 2018
  * Nanosaphes hesperus Girón and Short, 2018
  * Nanosaphes punctatus Girón and Short, 2018
  * Nanosaphes tricolor Girón and Short, 2018
  