Monoicomyces athetae Thaxt.

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EXAMINED MATERIAL. — Georgia • Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Tbilisi municipality,Telovani village;41°48’8”N, 44°40’33”E; 14.IV.2022; leg. A. Seropian, on anal sternite (slide #L00167) and on anal tergite (slide #L00185) of Amischa analis (Gravenhorst, 1802) (#i00131). Romania • jud. Harghita, Munti Giurghiu, 6 km NE Liban, Pasul Sicas (Libán-tetö); 46°20’39”N, 25°19’24”E; 1000 m alt.; Abies -Corylus groves, on mushrooms; 10.VIII.2009; leg. G. Makranczy; on the abdomen near apex of Atheta paracrassicornis Brundin, 1954 (slide WR3574). Ukraine • Zakarpatska oblast, Uzhhorod district, Tepla Yama tract; 48°42’58”N, 22°26’18”E; 03.I.2023; leg. R. Mishustin; slides #L00318, L00319, L00320; on anal sternite of Geostiba circellaris (Gravenhorst, 1806) (#i00250-1, i00250-2).

ADDITIONAL EXAMINED MATERIAL. — China • Sichuan, Gongga Shan, Hailuogou for.; 2800 m alt.; 05.VII.1998; leg. A. Smetana; at the apex of the abdomen of Atheta stenotheca Pace, 2004 (slide WR2301) and A. subinopinata Pace, 1998 (slides WR2302, WR2303, WR2304).

Switzerland • Ticino, Lumino, Moesa river; VIII.1991; leg. A. Focarile; apex abdomen of Gnypeta ripicola (Kiesenwetter, 1844) (slide WR2424).

KNOWN DISTRIBUTION. — Reported on Staphylinidae Aleocharinae from a few Europeans countries only (Santamaría &Pedersen 2021).

NOTES

The records from China considerably extend the geographical distribution of Monoicomyces athetae . Moreover, Amischa, Geostiba and Gnypeta represent new host genera for this parasite.