Aleocharina

Aleocharina is the type subtribe and largest subtribe of the tribe Aleocharini. It contains 650 species in 16 genera. The type genus (Aleochara) contains 545 species and makes up the majority the subtribe, but this classification of the genus is under debate due to difficulties determining its limits. Members of the subtribe are characterized by a 5-5-5 segmented tarsi, but this character is found in many other groups of Aleocharinae.

The subtribe contains the following genera:

Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802

Aleonictus Kistner, 1997

Amarochara Thomson, 1858

Formicaenictus Kistner, 1997

Indiachara Pace, 2012

Leptogenophilus Kistner, 1975

Megalogastria Bernhauer, 1901

Ocyota Sharp, 1883

Paraleochara Cameron, 1920

Paroxysmeme Bernhauer, 1928

Piochardia Heyden, 1870

Plesiochara Sawada, 1989

Pseudocalea Luze, 1902

Rencoma Blackwelder, 1952

Tetrasticta Kraatz, 1857

Ystrixoxygymna Pace, 1999