Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802

Caron, Edilson, Moussallem, Marcelo & Bortoluzzi, Sidnei, 2019, Revision of Brazilian species of Aleochara Gravenhorst of the subgenus Aleochara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zootaxa 4712 (1), pp. 1-33 : 2

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1F632A35-CB78-4ABB-A701-7B7B5D62FA7B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5934035

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C78845-FF8A-FFCE-FF61-ECB1FD96F81C

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802
status

 

Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 View in CoL

Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802: 67 View in CoL . Type species: Staphylinus curtulus Goeze, 1777 (= Staphylinus fuscipes sensu Gravenhorst, 1802 View in CoL ). Note: for a complete discussion of the type species of Aleochara View in CoL , see Smetana (2004: 30). For a genus group synonymy and species list see Newton (2019). For a phylogenetic study see Maus et al. (2001) and Song & Ahn (2013).

In general, the species of Aleochara View in CoL have body compact and robust, diverse in shape, small (less 4mm) to large (up to 10mm). Brownish to black, sometimes with elytra and abdominal apex lighter. Head somewhat circular; frons triangularly produced and sharply pointed; antennae 11-segmented, somewhat clavate; and maxillary and labial palpus with apical pseudosegment (respectively 5 and 4-segmented). Pronotum larger than head, transverse, basal width as wide as elytra. Mesocoxal cavities separated, mesoventral process long (almost reaching posterior portion of mesocoxae), longitudinally carinate or not. Tarsal formula 5-5-5 (except subgenus Tinotus 4-5-5). Abdomen gradually narrowed posteriorly; first three visible terga deeply transversely impressed basally ( Klimaszewski 1984; Yamamoto & Maruyama 2012, 2016a, b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Loc

Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802

Caron, Edilson, Moussallem, Marcelo & Bortoluzzi, Sidnei 2019
2019
Loc

Aleochara

Smetana, A. 2004: 30
Gravenhorst, J. L. C. 1802: 67
1802
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