Oligota parva Kraatz, 1862

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 : 37

Oligota parva Kraatz, 1862

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Vitebsk, House Building Factory,

55.166669° N, 30.106027° E, h= 142 m, 18.VIII 1996, 3 ex. (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 08.IV 2020, 2 ex. (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of the Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill .

Tulovo, 55.198280° N, 30.323528° E, h= 155 m, 22.IX 2020, 1♂, 1♀ (Solodovnikov,

Kulikova & Kuznetsov); Liozno district, 22 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Novorot'ye,

55.106239° N, 30.582778° E, h= 247 m, 19.VI 2016, 1♀ (Solodovnikov). Brest Region :

Brest district, vill. Orhovo S of Tomashovka, 51.539419° N, 23.609241° E, h= 168 m, in compost near the farm, 10.X 2020, 1♂ (Kuznetsov) .

DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Solodovnikov, 2012). Almost cosmopolitan species while absent in Australia (Williams, 1975).

NOTES. It is found in general vegetable refuse, grass cuttings, compost heaps and the waste of woodworking enterprises. Quite rare and local species; imago from April to September.