Revision of Brazilian species of Aleochara Gravenhorst of the subgenus Aleochara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) Author Caron, Edilson Author Moussallem, Marcelo Author Bortoluzzi, Sidnei text Zootaxa 2019 2019-12-18 4712 1 1 33 journal article 24560 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.1 7a2586bd-e52d-4759-819d-235e6f200c3b 1175-5326 3586751 1F632A35-CB78-4ABB-A701-7B7B5D62FA7B Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802: 67 . Type species: Staphylinus curtulus Goeze, 1777 (= Staphylinus fuscipes sensu Gravenhorst, 1802 ). Note: for a complete discussion of the type species of Aleochara , see Smetana (2004: 30) . For a genus group synonymy and species list see Newton (2019) . For a phylogenetic study see Maus et al. (2001) and Song & Ahn (2013) . In general, the species of Aleochara have body compact and robust, diverse in shape, small (less 4mm ) to large (up to 10mm ). Brownish to black, sometimes with elytra and abdominal apex lighter. Head somewhat circular; frons triangularly produced and sharply pointed; antennae 11-segmented, somewhat clavate; and maxillary and labial palpus with apical pseudosegment (respectively 5 and 4-segmented). Pronotum larger than head, transverse, basal width as wide as elytra. Mesocoxal cavities separated, mesoventral process long (almost reaching posterior portion of mesocoxae), longitudinally carinate or not. Tarsal formula 5-5-5 (except subgenus Tinotus 4-5-5). Abdomen gradually narrowed posteriorly; first three visible terga deeply transversely impressed basally ( Klimaszewski 1984 ; Yamamoto & Maruyama 2012 , 2016a , b).