Gyrophaena fasciata (Marsham, 1802)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Laetiporus sulphureus, 2. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on young carpophores of Ganoderma applanatum, 2. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 2. VI.1992, 70 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Mycena sp., 2. VI.1992, 350 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis, 11. VI.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, 13. VI.1992, 36 spec.; ditto, 17. VI.1992, 35 spec.; ditto, highland oak forest, on old and rotten carpophores of Agaricus silvaticus, 23. VI. 1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 17.VII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 1.VIII. 1992, 50 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Tricholoma terreum, 1.VIII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Oxyporus corticola, 22.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula delica, 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus, 4.IX.1992, 9 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1).

Bionomics. Obligate mycetobiont, it occurs in carpophores of fungi, usually in large clusters. Larvae and imagos feed on mature fungal spores.

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Eastern Siberia (Schülke & Smetana 2015).