Atheta amicula (Stephens, 1832)

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 : 105

Atheta amicula (Stephens, 1832) ( fig. 1 , n)

Material. 15 ex. LWI: Ivano-Frankove [Janów], date not specified, 1 ex. ; Lviv, Sykhiv [Sichów], date not specified, 1 ex. ; Zubra [Zubra], date not specified, 1 ex. ( SMNH). ZAK: Mala Uholka , 20.06.2017, 12 ex., leg. V. Chumak ( KCHM) .

Distribution. Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). In the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Chernivtsi Region, Chernivtsi, Convent of the Nativity of the Virgin Horecea, under leaves in the forest ( Hormuzaki, 1888). Without specifying the territory is given in the catalogs of Galicia and Poland ( Łomnicki, 1884, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs mainly in foothills and high in the mountains, in forest litter and in remains of plant and animal origin ( Glotov, 2021).

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).