Tachinus rufipes 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 : 141

Tachinus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Trametes versicolor , 29. V.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on rotten carpophores of Coprinus comatus , 11. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on apothecia of Legaliana badia , 13. VI. 1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old and rotten carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 23. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Russula cyanoxantha , 17.VIII.1992, 3 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

Bionomics. Active predator that lives in natural and anthropogenic biotopes, along banks of rivers and reservoirs, on open steppe areas and meadows with high humidity level, in forest cover, under stones, on flowing sap of trees, in plant and animal remains. As accidental mycetobiont, it occurs in old and rotten carpophores of fungi.

Distribution. Holarctic Region ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).