Aleochara (Xenochara) gontarenkoi ASSING, 2009

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Russia: 6 exs., Ul'yanovskaya Oblast, Radishchevskiy Rayon, Vyazovka, marmot nest, 2.V.1993, leg. Isaev (ZMUC, cAss) ; 2 exs., same data, but 1.VIII.1996 (ZMUC); 1 ex., Ul'yanovskaya Oblast, Novospasskiy Rayon, Marjevka, gopher nest, 6.V.2000, leg. Isaev (ZMUC) ; 2 exs., same data, but 5.V.2000 (ZMUC); 1 ex., Saratovskaya Oblast, Ozinskiy Rayon, 6 km SW Sinegorskiy, 51°17'N; 49°48'E, 2.V.2009, leg. Kovalev (cAss). Ukraine: 2♂♂, 1♀, Kharkiv Oblast, Krasnograd district, Pitschanka env., steppe meadow, pitfall near hole of Spermophilus suslicus, V.1994, leg. Novikov (cGon) ; 1♀, same data, but IV.1995 (cGon) .

C o m m e n t: Confirmed records of this recently described species were previously known only from gopher nests in Ukraine and eastern Anatolia (ASSING 2009a, 2011a). The above specimens represent the first records from Russia, most of them were collected from marmot nests.