Gyrophaena joyioides Wusthoff, 1937

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 : 148-149

Gyrophaena joyioides Wusthoff, 1937

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Fistulina hepatica , 29. V.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on mature carpophores of Trametes versicolor , 29. V.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, at the trunk of a fallen linden on mature carpophores of Agaricus chioneus , 29. V.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum , 31. V.1992, 13 spec. ; ditto, fallen tree, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum , 1. VI.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 2. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Mycena sp. , 2. VI.1992, 50 spec. ; ditto, on mature carpophores of Coprinus sp. , 9. VI.1992, 9 spec. ; ditto, on mature and old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 9. VI.1992, 259 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 11. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 13. VI.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, on a fallen tree, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 13. VI.1992, 23 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 4.VII.1992, 68 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 17.VII.1992, 500 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 17.VII.1992, 100 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 24.VII.1992, 70 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Psatyrella spadicea­grisea , 27.VII.1992, 17 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Megacollybia platyphylla , 27.VII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Tricholoma terreum , 1.VIII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 1.VIII.1992, 100 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Russula virescens , 8.VIII.1992, 9 spec. ; ditto, on sporophores of Fuligo septica , 8.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Amanita phalloides , 8.VIII.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Artomyces pyxidatus , 8.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Suillellus luridus , 9.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 10.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, in carpophores of Amanita phalloides , 22.VIII.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 04.IX.1992, 4 spec. ; environs of Zadonetske , artificial pine forest, on carpophores of Macrolepiota procera , 28.VII.1992, 39 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

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

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