Checklist and type designations of New Zealand Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Author Leschen, Richard A. B. Author Newton, Alfred F. text Zootaxa 2015 4028 3 301 353 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.3.1 ea9c9aec-82fc-4fc9-957f-9acde6fa21f9 1175-5326 237988 10D1874C-8E75-4330-8FCC-C744B58563DC 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.)).