Aleochandria, CAMERON, 1948

Hanley, Rodney S., 2003, Generic revision of the staphylinid beetle tribe Hoplandriini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 138 (1), pp. 83-140 : 134-135

GENUS ALEOCHANDRIA CAMERON, 1948

Aleochandria Cameron, 1948:232 . Blackwelder, 1952:43. Hanley, 2002a:318. Hanley, in press b.

Type species: Aleochandria crassicornis Cameron (1948) by monotypy.

Abbreviated description: Lengths of adults 4.0 mm. Body broadly oval; surface typically glossy with punctation and microsculpturing; pubescence variably dense throughout. Head about as wide as long. Eyes moderate, 0.5 times length of head. Infraorbital carina strongly developed and incomplete. Antenna with 11 antennomeres; articles 2 and 3 subequal; segment 4 transverse, articles 5–10 broader than long; segment 10 about 3 times wider than long; apical segment longer than combined lengths of articles 9 + 10. Labrum transverse, rounded apically. Mandible endentate, the left angulate at middle. Maxilla with maxillary palpi with 4 articles and a moderately defined pseudosegment. Labium with ligula short, shorter than labial palp 1, subtriangular (?), with rounded apex (?). Labial palpi with 4 articles (?). Pronotum transverse, about 1.4 times wider than long, distinctly convex. Setae moderately densely distributed, directed posterolaterad on disc. Elytra moderately broad, commonly wider apically than basally; apico-lateral angles not sinuate; elytra together about 1.5 times wider than long; microsetae more or less numerous, generally uniformly distributed and directed posteriorly. Legs with tarsal formula 5-5-5. Abdomen fusiform, tapering apically to broadly pointed apex; terga III – V ( VI slightly) with moderate to deep transverse basal depressions on anterior portion. Terga and sterna with prominent macrosetae. Male with narrow posteromedian longtitudinal carina on tergum VII. Aedeagus unknown. Spermatheca unknown.

Habitat: Unknown.

Comments: Only one species is included in this genus, A. crassicornis Cameron , of which I have examined the lectotype. Unfortunately, many structures critical for a detailed description were not examined in detail, including the mouthparts.