Oligota pusillima (Gravenhorst, 1806)

Ostrovsky, A. M. & Solodovnikov, I. A., 2021, Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Far Eastern Entomologist 436, pp. 35-40 : 38

Oligota pusillima (Gravenhorst, 1806)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Braslav district, Braslav National Park , SW

shore of Strusto Lake , the vicinity of vill. Bulavishki, 30.V 1997, 2♂, 2♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); Senno district, 14 km SE of Bogushevsk, vicinity of “Luzhki” railway station, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 23–29.VI 2000, 1♀ (genital preparation)

(Solodovnikov); the same locality, 27.VII–6.VIII 2000, 1♂, 1♀ (all genital preparations)

(Solodovnikov); the same locality, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster , 06.VIII 2000, 1

ex. (Solodovnikov); 12 km SE Bogushevsk, 0, 7 km WSW “Luzhki” railway station,

54.752188° N, 30.267364° E, h= 188 m, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster , 17.VII 2020,

4♂ (Solodovnikov); 36 km SSE of Vitebsk, 3 km N of vill. Shchitovka , 54.883753° N ,

30.379244° E, h= 185 m, in the nest of Lasius fuliginosus Latr. , 5–10.VI 2013, 1♀

(Solodovnikov); Vitebsk district, 3 km SE of the Vitebsk, 13.IV 1996, 1♀ (Solodovnikov) ;

Vitebsk, botanical garden, 8–18.V 2000, 1♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); 3 km SE of

Vitebsk, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 26.IV 2000, 1♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); 4

km S of the Vitebsk, right bank of Luchesa River, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 06.IV 2016,

2♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo-3, 55.163559° N, 30.276733° E, h= 192 m, 15–25. VI

2020, 2♂ (genital preparations), 2♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo-1, 55.167646° N ,

30.253899° E, h= 190 m, 9–20.VII 2020, 1♂ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo-2 , 55.165992° N,

30.264060° E, h= 189 m, 25.VI–9.VII 2020, 1♀ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 2–24.VIII 2020, 2♂ (genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Tulovo , 55.198280° N, 30.323528° E, h= 155 m, 22.IX 2020, 2♂, 1♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov, Kulikova & Kuznetsov); Vitebsk, Frunze park ,

55.193344° N, 30.211082° E, h= 142 m, 23.IX 2020, 1♂ (genital preparation), (Solodovnikov

& Kulikova); Liozno district, 30 km SSE of Vitebsk, 1 km S of vill. Kurtenki , 54.944314° N ,

30.444069° E, h= 185 m, in the nest of Formica exsecta Nyl. , 9.X 2012, 1♀ (Solodovnikov &

Pliskevich); 22 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Novorot'ye , 55.106239° N , 30.582778°

E, h= 247 m, 19.VI 2016, 2♂ (genital preparations), 4♀ (Solodovnikov). Minsk Region: N of

Minsk, Dolginovsky tract, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 16.V 2020, 1♀ (Kuznetsov). Gomel

Region: Loev district , E of the vill. Abakumi, 51.989722° N, 30.864722° E, h= 117 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 13.VI 2020, 2♂, 2♀ (all genital preparations) (Ostrovsky); Dobrush district, SW of the vill. Dudarevo, 52.364722° N, 31.198889° E, h= 143 m, in the nest of

Formica polyctena Föerster , 12.IV 2020, 1♂ (genital preparation) (Ostrovsky); Gomel district, NE of Gomel, Makeevka forestry, 52.403056° N, 30.893056° E, h= 136 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 2.V 2020, 1♂ (genital preparation) (Ostrovsky).

DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Pisanenko, 1995). Cosmopolitan species, widely distributed in Europe, Asia, North and South America (Aleksandrowicz et al., 1996; Smetana, 2004;

Semenov, 2007; Kapp, 2019).

NOTES. This species occurs in vegetable refuse, including compost heaps and cut grass,

under stones, in urban- and agrocenoses, ant nests ( Formica rufa group and Lasius fuliginosus

Latr.), grass tufts and rotting seaweed. Imago observed from April to September.