''Amarochara'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

s belonging to the family

Staphylinidae The rove beetles are a family (biology), family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With over 66,000 species in thousand ...

. The genus was first described by

Carl Gustaf Thomson Carl Gustaf Thomson (13 October 1824, in Malmöhus – 20 September 1899, in Lund) was a Swedish entomologist. Thomson became a student at the University of Lund Lund University () is a public research university in Sweden and one of North ...

in 1858. The species of this genus are found in Europe and North America. Species: * '' Amarochara armata'' Assing, 2002 * '' Amarochara brevios'' Assing, 2002 * '' Amarochara caeca'' Assing, 2002 * '' Amarochara carina'' Assing, 2002 * '' Amarochara fenyesi'' Blatchley, 1910 * '' Amarochara forticornis'' (Lacordaire, 1835) * '' Amarochara heterogaster'' Cameron, 1939 * '' Amarochara inermis'' Assing, 2002 * '' Amarochara inquilina'' (Casey, 1906) * '' Amarochara sororcula'' Cameron, 1939 * '' Amarochara umbrosa'' (Erichson, 1837)

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q14880712 Aleocharinae Aleocharinae genera Taxa named by Carl Gustaf Thomson