Aleochara (Xenochara) suslica, Assing, 2009

Assing, Volker, 2018, On the Aleochara subgenera Ceranota and Xenochara. IV. A revision of types, a new species, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (1), pp. 129-148 : 141

Aleochara (Xenochara) suslica ASSING, 2009

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Ukraine: 1♂, Odessa oblast, Ivanovka district, Gudevichevo env., sweep-netting, 22.IV.2012, leg. Gontarenko (cGon) ; 3♂♂, 4♀♀, Odessa oblast, right bank of Tiligul liman, Kalinivka env., suslik burrows, 8.IV.2007, leg. Gontarenko (cGon, cAss) ; 1♀, Cherson obl., Askania-Nova env., sheep farm, hole of Citellus pygmaeus, 30.III.2016, leg. Gontarenko (cGon) ; 1♂, 1♀, same data, but hole of Microtus socialis (cGon, cAss)..

C o m m e n t: Most of the type specimens of this species were collected from burrows of Spermophilus suslicus (GÜLDENSTÄDT, 1770). The above records from burrows of other mammals, however, show that A. suslica is not exclusively associated with this species. The known distribution is confined to Ukraine.