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Aleocharinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Aleocharinae Werner p. 126
1995Aleocharinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2001Aleocharinae Semenov et al. p. 156
2002Aleocharinae Pasnik and Kubisz p. 357
2011Aleocharinae Bouchard et al.
2015Aleocharinae Cai and Huang p. 1580
2016Aleocharinae Yamamoto et al. p. 2
2017Aleocharinae Cai et al. p. 1230
2017Aleocharinae Yamamoto and Maruyama p. 188
2022Aleocharinae Cai et al.
2024Aleocharinae Jenkins Shaw et al. p. 117

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
Holometabola
Aparaglossata
Neuropteriformia
Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
Mesocoleoptera
Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyStaphylinoidea
familyStaphylinidae()
subfamilyAleocharinae()
subfamilyAleocharinae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Aleocharinae Fleming 1821
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Tr. Aleocharini Fleming 1821
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G. Aleochara Gravenhorst 1802
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Subg. Aleochara (Aleochara) Gravenhorst 1802
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Aleochara (Aleochara) baltica Pasnik and Kubisz 2002
Tr. Athetini Casey 1910
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Subtr. Athetina Casey 1910
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G. Atheta Thomson 1858
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Subg. Atheta (Datomicra) Mulsant and Rey 1873
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Atheta florissantensis Wickham 1913
Tr. Corotocini Fenyes 1918
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Subtr. Corotocina Fenyes 1918
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G. †Pareburniola Zilberman et al. 2022
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Pareburniola dominicana Zilberman et al. 2022
Tr. Gymnusini Heer 1839
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G. Adinopsis Cameron 1919
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Adinopsis groehni Zerche 1999
G. †Cretodeinopsis Cai and Huang 2015
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Cretodeinopsis aenigmatica Cai and Huang 2015
G. †Electrogymnusa Wolf-Schwenninger 2004
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Electrogymnusa baltica Wolf-Schwenninger 2004
G. Gymnusa Gravenhorst 1806
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Gymnusa absens Scudder 1900
Gymnusa antiqua Lomnicki 1894
Invalid names: Deinopsini Sharp 1883 [synonym]
Tr. Homalotini Heer 1839
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Subtr. Bolitocharina Thomson 1859
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G. Phymatura Sahlberg 1876
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Phymatura electrica Pasnik and Kubisz 2002
Subtr. Gyrophaenina Kraatz 1856
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G. Gyrophaena Mannerheim 1831
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Gyrophaena saxicola Scudder 1876
Subtr. Homalotina Heer 1839
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G. Homalota Mannerheim 1830
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Homalota recisa Scudder 1890
G. Leptusa Kraatz 1856
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Subg. †Leptusa (Protoleptusa) Semenov 2001
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Leptusa (Protoleptusa) defuncta Semenov et al. 2001
Tr. Hygronomini Thomson 1859
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Subtr. Hygronomina Thomson 1859
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G. Hygronoma Erichson 1837
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Hygronoma deleta Oustalet 1874
Tr. Hypocyphtini Laporte 1835
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G. †Baltioligota Pasnik 2005
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Baltioligota electrica Pasnik 2005
G. Cypha Leach 1819
Tr. Lomechusini Fleming 1821
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Subtr. Lomechusina Fleming 1821
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G. Lomechusoides Tottenham 1939
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Lomechusoides strumosa Fabricius 1792
Tr. Mesoporini Cameron 1959
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G. †Ambracyptus Lundgren 1984
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Ambracyptus minutissimus Seevers 1971
Invalid names: Paracyptus Seevers 1971 [replaced]
G. Dictyon Fauvel 1900
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Dictyon antiquus Pasnik and Kubisz 2002
G. †Mesosymbion Yamamoto et al. 2016
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Mesosymbion compactus Yamamoto et al. 2016
G. †Palaeomesoporus Yamamoto and Maruyama 2017
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Palaeomesoporus electiricus Yamamoto and Maruyama 2017
Tr. Oxypodini Thomson 1859
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G. Oxypoda Mannerheim 1831
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Oxypoda binodosa Seevers 1971
Tr. Trichopseniini Le Conte and Horn 1883
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G. †Cretotrichopsenius Cai et al. 2017
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Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus Cai et al. 2017
G. Prorhinopsenius Pasteels and Kistner 1971
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Prorhinopsenius alzadae Kistner 1998
Prorhinopsenius mexicanus Seevers 1971
Prorhinopsenius poinari Kistner 1998
Prorhinopsenius seeversi Kistner 1998
Invalid names: Palaeopsenius Seevers 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Gymnusini indet. (113349)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Cretodeinopsis aenigmatica, Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus (161726) Cretodeinopsis sp. (184691) Cretotrichopsenius burmiticus (201881) Mesosymbion compactus (111688)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Gyrophaena saxicola (121146)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Homalota recisa (121322 122090)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Aleocharinae indet. (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Poland Aleochara baltica (123215) Dictyon antiquus, Phymatura electrica, Baltioligota electrica, Atheta jantarica (110737)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Adinopsis groehni (123419)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Leptusa defuncta (113621)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Halle) Cypha sp. (235711)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrogymnusa baltica (120814 123757) Electrogymnusa sp. (124579) Palaeomesoporus electiricus (123493)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Atheta florissantensis (113749)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Hygronoma deleta (122488)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Oxypoda binodosa (124472) Palaeopsenius mexicanus (124467) Paracyptus minutissima (124810)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Pareburniola dominicana (226504) Prorhinopsenius alzadae, Prorhinopsenius seeversi, Prorhinopsenius poinari (34903 122472)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Aleocharinae indet. (154909)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Aleocharinae indet. (109196)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Aleocharinae indet. (160146 160151 160152) Atheta spp., Aleocharinae indet. (160109 160144)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Aleocharinae indet. (168264 168265 168266 168267 168268 168269 168270 168271 168272)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Aleocharinae indet. (169390)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Aleocharinae indet. 1, Aleocharinae indet. (167673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Aleocharinae indet. (137207) Gymnusa sp., Aleocharinae indet. (137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Aleocharinae indet. (169336) Atheta sp., Aleocharinae indet. (169347 169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Gymnusa absens (152577)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Aleocharinae indet. (169359 169360 169361 169362 169365 169366 169367 169370 169372 169374 169375 169376 169377 169378 169379 169380) Gymnusa sp., Aleocharinae indet. (169371 169373)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Gymnusa antiqua (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Gymnusini indet. (173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Aleocharinae indet. (164904 164906 164909 164920 164921) Gymnusa sp., Aleocharinae indet. (164919) Lomechusoides strumosa, Aleocharinae indet. (164905)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wisconsin) Aleocharinae indet. (169406)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aleochara sp. (161526)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Gymnusa sp., Aleocharinae indet. (137201 137204 137205 137206)