Tiporus Watts, 1985

Tribe Hydroporini . Small (3.3–5.0 mm), oval and black beetles. Some species with reddish spots on the elytra and the pronotum. From the related genus Sekaliporus Watts, 1997, where the lateral margins of the elytron and of the pronotum form a nearly continuous straight or slightly sinuate line in combination, it can be distinguished by the elytral margin which is curved upwards to shoulders, and the 3-segmented male protarsi (Hendrich & Balke 2015). For a detailed generic analysis see Watts (2000).