Aleochara atra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Aleocharinae
Tribus: Aleocharini
Subtribus: Aleocharina
Genus: Aleochara
Species: Aleochara atra

Name

Aleochara (Aleochara) atra (Solier, 1849: 348)

• Type locality: "Santiago y en Valdivia".

Synonymy

• Mecorhopalus ater Solier, 1849: 348 [original combination]
  • Aleochara atra — Fairmaire & Germain, 1861: 414.
• Aleochara humilis Fauvel, 1866: 286 [synonymized by Pace (1990) (error: Fauvel, 1865)]
• Aleochara gravenhorsti Blackwelder, 1944: 167 [proposed as a new name for Aleochara atra (Solier, 1849) (not Gravenhorst, 1806)]
• Aleochara paleoatra Pace, 2000: 404. [Objective synonym, incorrect preoccupied name for A. atra]

Native distribution areas

Chile, sw Argentina.

References

Primary references

• Solier, A.J.J., 1849: Orden III. Coleopteros, In, Gay, Historia fisica y politica de Chile segun documentos adquiridos en esta republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del supremo gobierno. Vol. 4, pp. 105-380, 414-511. BHL [original description: p. 348]

Additional references

• Moussallem, M., Ribeiro-Costa, C.S. & Caron, E. 2014. Review of Solier's Mecorhopalus species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3852(5): 540–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.5.2 Reference page.  [material, diagnosis, redescription, distribution: p. 542, figs. 1, 2]