Aleocharini

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Aleocharini
Subtribus (23): Aleocharina – Compactopediina – Hodoxenina

Genera overview: Aleochara – Aleonictus – Amarochara – Axiologarthra – Compactopedia – Discoxenus – Emersonilla – Formicaenictus – Hirsitilla – Hodoxenus – Indiachara – Kistnerella – Leptogenophilus – Megalogastria – Ocyota – Paraleochara – Paroxysmene – Piochardia – Plesiochara – Pseudocalea – Rencoma – Tetrasticta

In synonymy: Cratoacrochara – Rheochara
Name

Aleocharini Fleming, 1821: 49

Type genus: Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802

Synonymy

Aleocharidae Fleming, 1821: 49 [original name]

References
Primary references

Fleming, J. 1821. Insecta. Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Volume Fifth [Part 1]. 584 pp. A. Constable and Company, Edinburgh, 41–56, pl. 85. Archive Reference page. [see p. 49]

Additional references

Pace, R., 1984: Aleocharinae delle Mascarene, parte 2: tribu Falagriini, Callicerini, Schistogeniini, Oxypodinini, Oxypodini e Aleocharini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) (46 contributo alla conoscenza delle Aleocharinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 249–280.

Aleocharini is the type tribe of the subfamily Aleocharinae. It contains three subtribes, Aleocharina, Compactopediina and the Hodoxenina. The tribe contains 16 genera and over 460 species. The vast majority of biodiversity is distributed in the subtribe Aleocharina, which contains 450 species in 10 genera.[1]
References

"Aleocharini". Forestis. Archived from the original on 2015-02-07.