Atheta ravilla (Erichson, 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 ravilla (Erichson, 1839) ( fig. 1 , e)

Material. 12 ex. CER: Chernivtsi [ Bucowina. Czernowitz], data not specified, 4 ex. ( ZMTSNU). IFR: Vorokhta [Worochta], date not specified, 2 ex. ; LWI: Lviv [Lwów], 7.04.1925, 1 ex. ; same locality but, [L], 27.3. [year not specified], 1 ex. ; Zubra [Zubra], date not specified, 1 ex. ; Pasiky-Zubritski [Pasieki], 6.05. 1917, 1 ex. ; same locality but, 12.05. [1]917, 2 ex. ( SMNH) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, Caucasus, North Africa ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). In the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Lviv Region, Lviv ( Łomnicki, 1890, 1891), Lviv and Chernivtsi Region, Chernivtsi, mountain Tsetsyno ( Marcu, 1936). “ Poland ”, without indication of region ( Łomnicki, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs in foothills and mountain forests, where they live mainly in the burrows and nests of mammals, in remains of plants, sometimes found on the flowing sap of trees and in fungi: Phallus impudicus Pers. , Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murr. ( Łomnicki, 1890; 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).