Mulsant & Rey, 1874 : 60
Klimaszewski, 1984 : 34
Klimaszewski & Jansen, 1993 : 60
Gouix & Klimaszewski, 2007 : 27
Aleocharinae
Assing, 2009 : 36
Park & Ahn, 2010b : 22
Mulsant & Rey, 1874 : 64
Aleochara discipennis Mulsant & Rey, 1853
Mulsant & Rey, 1874 : 130
Aleochara sparsa Heer, 1839
Mulsant & Rey, 1874 : 141
Aleochara inconspicua Aubé, 1850
Bernhauer, 1901a : 440
Aleochara tristis Gravenhorst, 1806
Bernhauer, 1901a : 483
Aleochara breiti Ganglbauer, 1897
Reitter, 1909 : 23
Aleochara brevipennis Gravenhorst, 1806
Revision of the subgenus Aleochara Gravenhorst of the parasitoid rove beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
Yamamoto, Shûhei
Maruyama, Munetoshi
Zootaxa
2016
4101
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Mulsant & Rey, 1874
Mulsant & Rey
1874
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Insecta
Staphylinidae
Xenochara
GBIF
Animalia
Coleoptera
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52
Arthropoda
genus
Xenochara Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 60(original description); Klimaszewski, 1984: 34(redescription); Klimaszewski & Jansen, 1993: 60(redescription); Gouix & Klimaszewski, 2007: 27(catalogue of Canadian and Alaskan species of Aleocharinae); Assing, 2009: 36(descriptive mention); Park & Ahn, 2010b: 22(redescription).
Typespecies: Aleochara decorata Aubé, 1850: 311(= Aleochara puberula Klug, 1832), by original designation and monotypy.
Polychara Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 64( typespecies: Aleochara discipennis Mulsant & Rey, 1853). Homoeochara Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 130( typespecies: Aleochara sparsa Heer, 1839). Dyschara Mulsant & Rey, 1874: 141( typespecies: Aleochara inconspicua Aubé, 1850). Isochara Bernhauer, 1901a: 440( typespecies: Aleochara tristis Gravenhorst, 1806). Ophiochara Bernhauer, 1901a: 483( typespecies: Aleochara breiti Ganglbauer, 1897). Euryodma Reitter, 1909: 23( typespecies: Aleochara brevipennis Gravenhorst, 1806). See Klimaszewski (1984), Klimaszewski & Jansen (1993), Gouix & Klimaszewski (2007), Assing (2009), and Park & Ahn (2010) for further synonymic and taxonomic information.
Diagnosis.The subgenus Xenocharais not fully defined but can be distinguished from the other congeneric taxa by the combination of following character states (see Klimaszewski, 1984; Park & Ahn, 2010b): body compact, densely pubescent, spindle-shaped; antennomere IV usually elongate or at most only slightly transverse; pronotum evenly pubescent; mesoventrite rather, completely or almost completely carinate along midline; median lobe of aedeagus of male with projecting flagellum inside, at least 1/4 as long as median lobe; female spermatheca without coils basally, but sometimes deformed basally.
Comments. Assing (2009)recently revised the subgenus Xenochara, proposing three subgeneric synonymies: Dyschara, Ophiochara, and Euryodma. The subgenus is probably by far the most speciose subgenus of the genus Aleochara, with Palearctic examples alone including 106 species ( Assing, 2009). In Japan, seven species of Xenocharaare known ( Shibata et al., 2013).