Scaphisoma agaricinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Glotov, Sergii V. & Drogvalenko, Oleksandr M., 2022, On The Fauna Of Mycetobiontic Rove Beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) Of North-Eastern Ukraine, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 22 (2), pp. 135-155 : 150-151

Scaphisoma agaricinum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary, moist ravine forest, on carpophore of Agaricus chioneus from a fallen linden near a stream, 29. V. 1992, 1 spec.; ditto, on carpophore of Trametes versicolor form a fallen tree, 30. V.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Fomes fomentarius form a fallen tree, 1. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on sporophores of Tubifera ferruginosa from a rotten stub, 8. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, near a stream, on carpophore of Serpula lacrymans on a fallen tree, 13. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophore of Kuehneromyces mutabilis on a dead tree, 23. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Neolentinus schaefferi on a fallen tree, 26. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, floodplain forest, on carpophore of Spongipellis spumeus on rotten tree branches lying on soil, 2.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Coprinopsis atramentaria , 4.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; at ditto, on carpophore of Ganoderma applanatum on a fallen tree, 4.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Phellinus igniarius on a tree, 9.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophore of Phellinus igniarius on a fallen tree, 16.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophore of Ganoderma applanatum on a fallen tree, 1.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on dry carpophore of Fistulina hepatica on a live oak, 18.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Phellinus igniarius on a living tree, 22.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophore of Ramariopsis kunzei on a trunk, 6. VI.1994, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Hypholoma fasciculare on stub, 5. V.1995, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophore of Coniophora sp. on the bark of a fallen oak, 2. VI.1995, 1 spec.; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophore of Laetiporus sulphureus on a broken willow, 2. VI.1995, 1 spec. ; ditto, on sporogenous carpophore of Fomes fomentarius on a fallen sedge, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Junghuhnia nitida on the bark of a fallen oak, 25. VI.1995, 3 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Abortiporus biennis on a fallen oak, 25. VI.1995, 3 spec. ; environs of Chuhuiv, forest belt, on carpophore of Lentinus tigrinus , 20. V.1991, 1 spec.; ditto, on carpophore of Fomes fomentarius , 17.04.1994, 2 spec. ; ditto, forest belt, on dry carpophores of Lenzites betulina on a birch stub, 1. VI.1995, 1 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

Bionomics. Obligate mycetobiont, it occurs on carpophores of fungi, sometimes in large clusters. Larvae and imagos feed on portions of fruit body of fungi.

Distribution. Europe, Siberia, Far East ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).