Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790

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

Scaphidium quadrimaculatum Olivier, 1790

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Zadonetske , artificial pine forest, on rotten carpophore of Macrolepiota procera , 28.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophore of Lepista flaccida , 28.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; environs of Haidary , highland oak forest, on carpophore of Neolentinus schaefferi on a fallen tree, 26. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophore of Oxyporus corticola on a fallen tree, 16.VII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophore of Russula rosea , 3.IX.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on dry carpophores of Hapalopilus rutilans on a fallen birch, 2. VI.1995, 2 spec. (Supplement, Tab. 1 ).

Bionomics. Facultative mycetobiont, it occurs on carpophores of fungi (not infrequently of resupinate type), on rotten wood and in forest cover. Larvae and imagos feed on portions of fruit body of fungi.

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