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 1 1 68 Mulsant & Rey, 1874 Mulsant & Rey 1874 [279,684,698,724] Insecta Staphylinidae Xenochara GBIF Animalia Coleoptera 51 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).