Atheta spatula (Fauvel, 1875)

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 : 100-101

Atheta spatula (Fauvel, 1875)

M a t e r i a l. Literature data only.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Central and South Europe ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015); in the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Transcarpathian Region, Lazeshchyna 8 km SSE, Kozmeschik tract ( Roubal, 1930).

Bionomics. The species occurs mainly in foothills and high in the mountains, in deciduous and mixed forests, in plains where they live in intact forests in forest litter, but more often it occurs in fungi ( Roubal, 1930).

Subgenus Bessobia Thomson, 1858

Atheta occulta (Erichson, 1837) ( fig. 1 , g)

Material. 30 ex. CER: Chernivtsi [ Bucowina. Czernowitz], data not specified, 4 ex. ( ZMTSNU). LWI: Lviv [Lwiw], date not specified, 4 ex. ; same locality but, 23.4[19]16, 1 ex. ; same locality but, 28.4[1]925, 1 ex. ; same locality but, 2.4. [year not specified], 1 ex. ; same locality but, [ Lm ], 8.4. [year not specified], 1 ex. ; same locality but, [ Lm ], 6.4. [year not specified], 1 ex. ; same locality but, Sykhiv [Sichów], date not specified, 1 ex. ( SMNH). ZAK: Stinka mountain range , forest, 23.08.2018, 2 ex. ; same locality but, ecoton, 18.05.2019, 1 ex. , same locality but, ecotone, 04.06.2019, 2 ex. , same locality but, mountain meadow, 19.07.2019, 2 ex. , mountain range Yavirnyk , ecotone, 05.06.2018, 1 ex. , same locality but, ecotone, 27.06.2018, 2 ex. , same locality but, mountain meadow, 12.05.2019, 2 ex. , same locality but, mountain meadow, 08.07.2019, 4 ex., leg. Koval N. ( KKOV) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, North Africa, Siberia, Far East ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015); іn the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Chernivtsi Region, Chernivtsi, in spring under leaves ( Hormuzaki, 1891) and Lviv Region, Lviv, Lychakiv District (Łyczakowskie przedmieście) ( Łomnicki, 1890). Without specifying the territory is given in the catalogs of Galicia and Poland ( Łomnicki, 1884, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs in lowlands and foothills in deciduous and mixed forests on forest glades, meadows, in forest litter and on animal cadavers ( Semenov, 2007).

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus: a — Atheta coriaria (Kraatz, 1856); b — A. divisa (Märkel, 1844); c — A. graminicola (Gravenhorst, 1806); d — A. oblita (Erichson, 1839); e — A. ravilla (Erichson, 1839); f — A. macrocera (Thomson, 1856); g — A. occulta (Erichson, 1837); h — A. longicornis (Gravenhorst, 1802); i — A. melanaria (Mannerheim, 1830); j — A. zosterae (Thomson, 1856); k — A. atramentaria (Gyllenhal, 1810); l — A. marcida (Erichson, 1837); m — A. subtilis (Scriba, 1866); n — A. amicula (Stephens, 1832); o — A. laticollis Stephens, 1832; p — A. liturata (Stephens, 1832); q — A. nigritula (Gravenhorst, 1802).