Ontholestes tessellatus (Geoffroy, 1785)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Suillellus luridus, 9.VIII.1992, 1 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1) .

Bionomics. Active predator that lives in natural and anthropogenic biotopes, on open steppe areas and meadows with different humidity levels, in forest cover, in cattle manure.As accidental mycetobiont, it can be found in mature carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Palaearctic Region (excluding Northern Africa) (Schülke & Smetana 2015).