Philonthus confinis Strand, 1941

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, floodplain forest, on rotten carpophores of Lentinus tigrinus, 2.VII.1992, 2 spec.; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Boletus badius, 8.VIII.1992, 1 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1) .

Bionomics. Active predator; specimens inhabit forest ecosystems, and can be found along the banks of rivers and reservoirs, on open steppe areas, in forest litter, as accidental mycetobiont occurs in mature and rotten carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Europe, Siberia, Mongolia (Schülke & Smetana 2015).