Atheta vaga (Heer, 1839)

Glotov, S., Hushtan, K., Hushtan, H., Koval, N. & Diedus, V., 2022, The Genus Atheta (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) In The Ukrainian Carpathians, Zoodiversity 56 (1), pp. 91-110 : 99

Atheta vaga (Heer, 1839)

Material. 5 ex. ZAK: Stinka mountain range , 18.05.2019, 1 екз.; same locality but, 30.06.2019, 1 ex., leg. N. Koval ; Yavirnyk mountain range , 27.05.2019, 1 ex. ; same locality but, 19.06.2019, 2 ex., leg. N. Koval ( KKOV) .

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, North Africa, Siberia, Mongolia ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). In the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Carpathian Mountains ( Mateleshko, 2008) and Transcarpathian Region, mountain range Chornohora; mountain Sheshul and Uzhhorod ( Roubal, 1930). “ Poland ”, without indication of region ( Łomnicki, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs from lowlands to highlands in deciduous and mixed forests, in meadows, along rivers and reservoirs in coastal sediments, in remains of plant and animal origin, in mammals’ burrows and in birds’ nests, on fermented birch sap, in rotten fungi ( Roubal, 1930; Semenov, 2007).