Atheta amicula (Stephens, 1832)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Chuhuiv, forest belt, on old carpophores of Lactarius insulsus, 15.VIII.1992, 1 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1) .

Bionomics. Active predator that inhabits forests, on open steppe areas and meadows with different humidity level, where it lives in forest cover, plant remainsa and mosses. As accidental mycetobiont, it occurs in rotten and dry carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Palearctic Region, Northern and Southern Africa (Schülke & Smetana 2015).