AnimaliaColeopteraHydrophilidaeGirónJennifer C.ShortAndrew Edward Z.Review of the Neotropical water scavenger beetle genus Tobochares Short & García, 2007 (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae): new lineages, new species, and new recordsZookeys222202110199314010.3897/zookeys.1019.59881B9E3BC41-8489-5B7C-BC48-6CA8F4B9F637 Tobochares luteomargo species groupDiagnosis.

Members of this species group can be recognized by the straight anterior margin of the eye in lateral view (Fig. 2E), the longitudinally aligned and undifferentiated elytral punctures with about the same size and degree of impression (Fig. 5A), the short and narrow glabrous patch on the metaventrite (Fig. 5C), the scantiness of the hydrofuge pubescence on the abdominal ventrites (Fig. 5C), and the reduced (in number and size) metatibial spines.

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Habitus of Tobochares spp. in the luteomargo and emarginatus species group A–CT. luteomargoA dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view. D–FT. fususD dorsal view E lateral view F ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.

https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512603Composition.

This species group currently contains only a single species, T. luteomargo sp. nov.

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Heads of Tobochares spp. A, BT. goias, black mark pointing to canthus emarginating the eye A dorsal view B anterolateral view CT. fususD, ET. luteomargo, black mark pointing to straight anterior margin of the eye D dorsal view E anterolateral view FT. romanoaeGT. pemonHT. communisIT. microps.

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