Aleocharinae from China: Part I - (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).

In this paper, one hundred known species listed, 52 new species for China are recorded and 65 species are described as new for science. These new species, collected in very recent years by A. Smetana, G. de Rougemont and others, belong to the following tribes: Masuriini (1 species), Hypocyphtini (1), Myllaenini (7), Termitohospitini (1), Gyrophaenini (18), Homalotini (27), Bolitocharini (6), Sahlbergini (1) and Eusteniamorphini (3). Four genera are described as new, assigned to following tribes: Homalotini (Taraktomora n. gen., near Silusa), Bolitocharini (Omologlusa n. gen., Neoleptusa; Methistemistiba n. gen., near Leptusa) and Sahlbergini (Derougemontius n. gen., near Loeblius). Eight new combination and five new synonymies are proposed. The major diagnostic caracters are illustrated. The species of Aleocharinae taken in China again reflect the mixture of Palaearctic and Oriental elements.