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''Aleochara'' is an unusual genus in the beetle family Staphylinidae, the Rove beetles; larvae of Staphylinidae occur in many assorted ecological roles, most being scavengers, predators or carrion feeders, but the larvae of at least those species of ''Aleochara'' whose life histories are known, are parasitoids; they feed in the puparia of suitable species of flies, killing the host in the process. Adult ''Aleochara'' are predators. ''Aleochara'' are found worldwide except in Antarctica. There are more than 400 species in 16 subgenera. The adults of many species can be found near dung or carrion, commonly feeding on the eggs, larvae, and puparia of various scatophagous and necrophagous Diptera. The most extensively studied aleocharine rove beetle is ''Aleochara bilineata'' Gyllenhal, which is a significant biological control agent against some fly pests (notably ''Delia'' spp. in the family Anthomyiidae) of agricultural crops in the mustard and cabbage family Brassicaceae, such as cabbage, rutabaga, canola, and many others. Species include: * ''Aleochara bilineata'', a well studied species * ''Aleochara wrightii'', named after Jane Wright, the entomologist who discovered it *''Aleochara brevipennis'' Gravenhorst, 1806 *''Aleochara curtula'' (Goeze, 1777) *''Aleochara lata'' Gravenhorst, 1802 *''Aleochara intricata'' Mannerheim, 1830 *''Aleochara ruficornis'' Gravenhorst, 1802 *''Aleochara bilineata'' Gyllenhal, 1810 *''Aleochara binotata'' Kraatz, 1858 *''Aleochara bipustulata'' (Linnaeus, 1761) *''Aleochara verna'' Say, 1836 *''Aleochara obscurella'' Gravenhorst, 1806 *''Aleochara phycophila'' Allen, 1937 *''Aleochara grisea'' Kraatz, 1856 *''Aleochara punctatella'' Motschulsky, 1858 *''Aleochara spadicea'' (Erichson, 1837) *''Aleochara cuniculorum'' Kraatz, 1858 *''Aleochara discipennis'' Mulsant & Rey, 1853 *''Aleochara fumata'' Gravenhorst, 1802 *''Aleochara funebris'' Wollaston, 1864 *''Aleochara inconspicua'' Aubé, 1850 *''Aleochara kamila'' Likovský, 1984 *''Aleochara lanuginosa'' Gravenhorst, 1802 *''Aleochara lygaea'' Kraatz, 1862 *''Aleochara maculata'' Brisout, 1863 *''Aleochara moerens'' Gyllenhal, 1827 *''Aleochara moesta'' Gravenhorst, 1802 *''Aleochara sanguinea'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''Aleochara sparsa'' Heer, 1839 *''Aleochara stichai'' Likovský, 1965 *''Aleochara tristis'' Gravenhorst, 1806 *''Aleochara villosa'' Mannerheim, 1830 ==Subgenera== The genus Aleochara contains 400 species distributed into 16 subgenera. Below is a list of subgenera: 〔()〕 *Heterochara *Aleochara *Aidochara *Euryodma *Ceranota *Emplenota *Triochara *Maseochara *Echochara *Calochara *Mesochara *Xenochara *Rheochara *Polystomota *Coprochara *Megalogastria 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aleochara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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