Gyrophaena affinis Mannerheim, 1830

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 : 146-147

Gyrophaena affinis Mannerheim, 1830

Material. Kharkiv region: environs of Haidary , moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Fistulina hepatica , 29. V.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees of ash and elm, on old carpophores of Fomes fomentarius , 29. V.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum , 31. V.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, fallen tree, on carpophores of Stereum hirsutum , 1. VI. 1992, 1 spec.; ditto, on old carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 2. VI.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Mycena sp. , 2. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on old carpophores of Daedalea quercina , 8. VI.1992, 8 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on soil, on young and old carpophores of Coprinus micaceus , 8. VI.1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 9. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades , 9. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, in carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 11. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Inocybe sp. , 11. VI.1992, 25 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades , 15. VI.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Tricholoma populinum , 17. VI.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, on old carpophores of Crepidotus applanatus , 17. VI.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on old carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus , 17. VI.1992, 50 spec. ; ditto, on sporophores of Fuligo septica , 17. VI.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on old and rotten carpophores of Kuehneromyces mutabilis , 23. VI.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Neolentinus schaefferi , 26. VI.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 4.VII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Agaricus hydrophilus , 4.VII.1992, 31 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Russula decolorans , 6.VII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Megacollybia platyphylla , 7.VII.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades , 9.VII.1992, 7 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus , 9.VII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Amanita rubescens , 16.VII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Marasmius oreades , 24.VII. 1992, 33 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Lepista flaccida , 24.VII.1992, 35 spec. ; ditto, artificial pine forest, on carpophores of Macrolepiota procera , 28.VII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on rotten wood on old carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 1.VIII.1992, 30 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Tricholoma terreum , 1.VIII.1992, 5 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Russula cyanoxantha , 1.VIII.1992, 20 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Oxyporus corticola , 22.VIII.1992, 10 spec. ; ditto, dry ravine forest, on carpophores of Russula virescens , 8.VIII.1992, 3 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Neolentinus schaefferi , 8.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Amanita phalloides , 8.VIII.1992, 13 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on old carpophores of Pleurotus cornucopiae , 9.VIII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, moist ravine forest, on carpophores of Ganoderma applanatum , 16.VIII.1992, 6 spec. ; ditto, highland oak forest, on carpophores of Amanita phalloides , 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Phellinus igniarius , 22.VIII.1992, 1 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Trametes suaveolens , 24.VIII. 1992, 2 spec. ; environs of Zadonetske, artificial pine forest, on soil on old carpophores of Gymnopus dryophilus , 30. VI.1992, 19 spec.; ditto, on carpophores of Lepista flaccida , 28.VII.1992, 4 spec. ; ditto, on carpophores of Tapinella panuoides , 23.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; environs of Korobiv Khutir, highland oak forest, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Trametes versicolor , 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec.; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Phellinus robustus , 3.VIII.1992, 2 spec. ; ditto, on fallen trees, on carpophores of Pluteus cervinus , 3.VIII.1992, 6 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. Holarctic Region ( Schülke & Smetana 2015).