Atheta celata (Erichson, 1837)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Coprinus micaceus, 8.VI.1992, 3 spec. (Tab. 1) .

Bionomics. Active predator that inhabits natural forests, open steppe areas and meadows with different humidity level, where it lives in plant and animal remains and on flowing sap of trees. As accidental mycetobiont, it occurs in carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Holarctic Region (Schülke & Smetana 2015).