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
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