THE FIRST RECORD OF GYROPHAENA MUNSTERI (COLEOPTERA, STAPHYLINIDAE, ALEOCHARINAE) IN UKRAINE
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.32782/1998-6475.2025.59.11Keywords:
Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Gyrophaena munsteri, Ukraine, fauna, first recordAbstract
Gyrophaena munsteri A. Strand, 1935 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Homalotini Gyrophaenina) is a peculiar rove beetle eurytopic forest mycetophilous species found Europe, as well as south Russia, Georgia, Turkey, South Siberia, and Tajikistan. It occurs mainly in foothills and in mountainous areas. Larvae and adults are obligate mycobionts, occurring in carpophores of Chroogomphus rutilus and Inocybe geophylla, feeding on mature fungal spores. It was recently found to occur in Ukraine in the Carpathian National Nature Park, Yablunytsia Nature Conservation Research Department, Yablunytsia village, Nadvirna district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. Data on distribution and bionomics are summarized. The obtained results can be used for solving a number of theoretical issues of faunistics, as well as for the preparation of the fauna cadaster of Ukraine, analysis of species distribution, and prediction of the effects of human activity on natural ecosystems of the region.
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