Atheta nigritula (Gravenhorst, 1802)

Glotov, S., Hushtan, K., Hushtan, H., Koval, N. & Diedus, V., 2022, The Genus Atheta (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) In The Ukrainian Carpathians, Zoodiversity 56 (1), pp. 91-110 : 108-109

Atheta nigritula (Gravenhorst, 1802) ( fig. 1 , q)

Material. 10 ex. CER: Chernivtsi [ Bucowina. Czernowits ], data not specified, 4 ex. ( ZMTSNU). IFR: Vorokhta [Worochta], date not specified, 1 ex. ; LWI: Lviv, Riasne [Rzęsna], 11.4. [1]925, 1 ex. ; same locality but, Sykhiv [Schihow], date not specified, 1 ex. ; Zubra [Zubra], date not specified, 1 ex. ; Pasiky-Zubrytski [Pasieki], 12.5. [1]917, 1 ex. ; locality not specified, 11.4. [year not specified], 1 ex. ( SMNH) .

Distribution. Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor, East Siberia, North America ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). In the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Ivano-Frankivsk Region, Bystrets ( Miller, 1868) and Transcarpathian Region, mountain range Chornohora ( Nowicki, 1873). “ Poland ”, without indication of region ( Łomnicki, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs in lowlands and in foothills, mainly in agaric mushrooms, as well as in forest litter ( Semenov, 2007).

Subgenus Thinobaena Thomson, 1859

Atheta vestita Gravenhorst, 1806

Material. 3 ex. IFR: Kosiv [Kossiw], date not specified, 1 ex. LWI: Zubra [Zubra], 8.4. [year not specified], 1 ex., same locality but, 6.4. [year not specified], 1 ex. ( SMNH) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, North America ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). “ Poland ”, without indication of region ( Łomnicki, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs in forests and on open steppe and meadow areas, at foothills and high in the mountains, on alkalized plots, along the banks of rivers and reservoirs, on nearshore area, where they live in decaying organic residues. Adults occur in V–VIII (Klimaszeski et al., 2007, 2011).

Subgenus Traumoecia Mulsant & Rey, 1873

Atheta picipes (Thomson, 1856)

Material. 1 ex. LWI: Lviv [Lwów], date not specified, 1 ex. ( SMNH) .

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, East Siberia ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015). Without indication for the territory is given in the catalog of Poland ( Łomnicki, 1913); Ukraine (first record).

Bionomics. The species occurs in lowlands and in foothills in forest litter, in rotten wood and under the bark of trees affected by fungi, are found mainly in fungi: Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr., Piptoporus betulinus (Bull.) Karst. , Polyporus squamosus Huds. : Fr., Trametes hirsuta (Wulf.) Pil. , Pleurotus ostreatus (Jack.) Kumm. (Nikitskij et al., 1996; Semenov, 2007).

Subgenus Trochanterella Brundin, 1954

Atheta cribripennis J. Sahlberg, 1890

M a t e r i a l. Literature data only.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, West Siberia ( Schülke & Smetana, 2015); in the Ukrainian known from the Carpathian Mountains ( Łomnicki, 1911) and Ivano-Frankivsk Region, mountain range Chornohora, mountain Dantsyzh ( Lokay, 1912).

B i o n o m i c s. The species occurs in lowlands and in foothills in forest litter and remains of plants.

Subgenus Xenota Mulsant & Rey, 1873

Atheta lativentris (Sahlberg, 1876)

M a t e r i a l. 11 ex. IFR: Anheliv tract [Ay], 18.9. [year not specified] , 1 ex., LWI: Lviv [Lwów], 5.5. [1] 922,

1 ex., leg. A. Stöeckel; same locality but, date not specified , 3 ex.; same locality but, date not specified , 6 ex., coll.

Grolle. (SMNH). D i s t r i b u t i o n. Europe, Altai ( Schülke &Smetana, 2015). In the Ukrainian Carpathians known from Transcarpathian Region, coniferous forests ( Roubal, 1930). “ Poland ”, without indication of region ( Łomnicki, 1913).

Bionomics. The species occurs in lowlands and in foothills in forest litter, in fungi, and in ant hills ( Roubal, 1930).

We would like to take this opportunity and thank V. A. Korneyev, M. Yu. Rusin, J. Frisch, H. Schillhammer, M. M. Bilyashivskiy, V. B. Rizun, A. Yu. Solodovnikov, V. O. Chumak for the opportunity to work with their respective institutional collections, and their valuable remarks on this manuscript. The visit (S. Glotov) to the Entomology Department of ZMUC was carried out through funding from Dr. BØje Benzons StØttefond and was awarded by A. Yu. Solodovnikov, who contributed to this visit, and support from the entire ZMUCentomology is appreciated.

The work was performed within the framework of the scientific topic: “Estimation of the biotic diversity of model groups of Arthropoda of the Ukrainian Carpathians with the use of modern information technology”.

Figures

Fig. 1. Habitus: a — Atheta coriaria (Kraatz, 1856); b — A. divisa (Märkel, 1844); c — A. graminicola (Gravenhorst, 1806); d — A. oblita (Erichson, 1839); e — A. ravilla (Erichson, 1839); f — A. macrocera (Thomson, 1856); g — A. occulta (Erichson, 1837); h — A. longicornis (Gravenhorst, 1802); i — A. melanaria (Mannerheim, 1830); j — A. zosterae (Thomson, 1856); k — A. atramentaria (Gyllenhal, 1810); l — A. marcida (Erichson, 1837); m — A. subtilis (Scriba, 1866); n — A. amicula (Stephens, 1832); o — A. laticollis Stephens, 1832; p — A. liturata (Stephens, 1832); q — A. nigritula (Gravenhorst, 1802).