Gyrophaena minima Erichson, 1837

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

Gyrophaena minima Erichson, 1837

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 11. VI.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 11. VI. 1992, 31 spec. ; ditto, on a fallen tree, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 13. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, floodplain forest, on carpophores of Lentinus tigrinus , 2.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 4.VII.1992, 17 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 4.VII.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 17.VII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 1.VIII. 1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 5.VIII.1992, 15 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Hypholoma fasciculare , 10.VIII.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 4.IX.1992, 3 spec. ; environs of Korobiv Khutir , highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Phellinus robustus , 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

Bionomics. Obligate mycetobiont, it occurs in carpophores of fungi, sometimes in large clusters. Larvae and imagos feed on mature fungal spores.

Distribution. Europe, Asia Minor, Eastern Siberia ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).