Gyrophaena joyi Wendeler, 1924

Glotov, Sergii V. & Drogvalenko, Oleksandr M., 2022, On The Fauna Of Mycetobiontic Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Of North-Eastern Ukraine, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 22 (2), pp. 135-155 : 147-148

Gyrophaena joyi Wendeler, 1924

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 9. VI.1992, 40 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 11. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Inocybe sp. , 11. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Coprinus micaceus , 13. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 13. VI.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades , 15. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 17. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 17. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 17. VI.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 26. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 4.VII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 4.VII.1992, 13 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on carpophores of Agaricus hydrophilus , 04.VII.1992, 8 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on carpophores of Psathyrella spadiceogrisea , 6.VII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on carpophores of Coprinus comatus , 7.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on carpophores of Russula xerampelina , 7.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on rotten carpophores Russula xerampelina , 9.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil on old carpophores of Suillellus luridus , 9.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on young carpophores of Aurantiporus fissilis , 10.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 10.VIII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Tricholoma terreum , 10.VIII.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Phellinus igniarius , 16.VIII.1992, 35 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Fomes fomentarius , 16.VIII.1992, 32 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 16.VIII.1992, 8 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula rosea , 17.VIII. 1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula cyanoxantha , 17.VIII. 1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on rotten carpophores Fistulina hepatica , 18.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, in carpophores of Phellinus igniarius , 22.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula delica , 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Trametes gibbosa , 23.VIII.1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, in carpophores of Trametes suaveolens , 24.VIII.1992, 7 spec. ; environs of Zadonetske , artificial pine forest, on carpophores of Tapinella panuoides , 23.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; environs of Korobiv Khutir , highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 3.VIII. 1992, 22 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

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

Distribution. Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Iran, Siberia ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).