A review of Korean Aleochara Gravenhorst subgenus Xenochara Mulsant and Rey (Coleoptera:Staphylinidae:Aleocharinae) with description of a new species

Abstract

As a result of a taxonomic review of the Aleochara Gravenhorst subgenus Xenochara Mulsant and Rey in Korea, we discovered one new species [Aleochara (Xenochara) kimae Ahn and Park, new species] and one additional species [Aleochara (Xenochara) niponensis Sharp] new to the Korean fauna. A key, a description, diagnoses, and illustrations of the habitus photographs and diagnostic characters including median lobe and spermatheca are provided to facilitate identification. The monophyly of the subgenus Xenochara and its phylogenetic relationships was briefly discussed based on partial COI, tRNA leucine, and COII gene sequences.