Gyrophaena fasciata (Marsham, 1802)

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 : 147

Gyrophaena fasciata (Marsham, 1802)

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Laetiporus sulphureus , 2. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on young carpophores of Ganoderma applanatum , 2. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 2. VI.1992, 70 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Mycena sp. , 2. VI.1992, 350 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 11. VI.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, 13. VI.1992, 36 spec. ; ditto, 17. VI.1992, 35 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old and rotten carpophores of Agaricus silvaticus , 23. VI. 1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 17.VII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 1.VIII. 1992, 50 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Tricholoma terreum , 1.VIII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Oxyporus corticola , 22.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula delica , 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 4.IX.1992, 9 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

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

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