ALEOCHARINA Fleming 1821

Leschen, Richard A. B. & Newton, Alfred F., 2015, Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Zootaxa 4028 (3), pp. 301-353 : 304-305

ALEOCHARINA Fleming 1821

Aleochara Gravenhorst 1802

Aleochara Gravenhorst 1802: 67 . Type species: Staphylinus curtulus Goeze, 1777 (valid name for S. fuscipes of Gravenhorst 1802 (misidentified, not Linnaeus 1758)), designated by Smetana (2004:30); ICZN (1999), Art. 69.2.4.

subgenus Xenochara Mulsant & Rey 1874b: 344 . Type species: Aleochara decorata Aubé, 1850 (= Aleochara puberula Klug, 1833 ), by monotypy.

Notes: There are 501 valid species of Aleochara distributed worldwide. The New Zealand fauna was revised by Klimaszewski & Crosby (1997) and includes 5 endemic species placed in the subgenus Aleochara and the single adventive species in the subgenus Xenochara . Most of the species of this genus are fly puparia ectoparasitoids (e.g., Maus et al. 1998).

Aleochara (Aleochara) aucklandica Klimaszewski 1997

Aleochara (Aleochara) aucklandica Klimaszewski 1997: 257 . Type locality: [ New Zealand, AK]: Auckland [approx. 36° 52'S, 174°46'E]. Type depository: BMNH HT♂; IRSNB 2PT. Distribution: New Zealand (AK).

Aleochara (Aleochara) complexa Klimaszewski 1997

Aleochara (Aleochara) complexa Klimaszewski 1997: 259 . Type locality: [ New Zealand]: Kermadec Is, Macauley I [30°14'S, 178°24'W]. Type depository: NZAC HT♂; AMNZ, BMNH, BPBM, FMNH, IRSNB, LUNZ, MONZ, NZAC 132PT. Distribution: Kermadec Is. (KE).

Aleochara (Aleochara) hammondi Klimaszewski 1997

Aleochara (Aleochara) hammondi Klimaszewski 1997: 256 . Type locality: [ New Zealand, MK]: Mt Cook Nat. Pk, 1340 m, Sealy tarn [43° 43'S, 170° 04'E]. Type depository: LUNZ HT♂; BMNH, BPBM, FMNH, IRSNB, LUNZ, NZAC 12PT. Distribution: New Zealand (CO,MK,OL,WD).

Aleochara (Xenochara) puberula Klug 1833

Aleochara puberula Klug 1833: 51 (also 1834: 139). Type locality: Madagaskar [LT label, not originally cited]. Type depository: ZMHB LT♂ (designated by Klimaszewski 1984: 47). Note: redescription, distribution, Klimaszewski & Crosby (1997). Distribution: Europe, northern Africa, Iran to Korea, Japan, Azores, Canary Is., Madeira, China, Oriental, USA, Mexico, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Afrotropical, South Africa, Madagascar, Seychelles, Mascarenes, New Caledonia, Tahiti, New Zealand (AK,HB (intro)).

Aleochara (Aleochara) subaenea Fauvel 1877

Aleochara subaenea Fauvel 1877: 291 . Type locality: Nouvelle Zélande. Type depository: IRSNB HT. Note: redescription, distribution, Klimaszewski & Crosby (1997). Distribution: New Zealand, Chatham Is. (AK,BP,CL,HB,ND,RI,TK,TO,WI,WN; BR,CO,DN,MB,MC,NN,OL,SD,SL,WD; CH,SI). = Gyrophaena philonthioides Broun 1880: 91 . Type locality: Parua. Type depository: BMNH HT♀. Note: misspelled as philonthoides and synonymized by Fauvel (1885: 312), synonymy confirmed by Klimaszewski & Crosby (1997).

Aleochara (Aleochara) watti Klimaszewski 1997

Aleochara (Aleochara) watti Klimaszewski 1997: 254 . Type locality: Three Kings Is, NZ, Great I [34°10'S, 172°08'E], 100 m, Castaway Camp. Type depository: NZAC HT♂, 1PT♀. Distribution: New Zealand (TH (Great I.)).