taxonID	type	description	language	source
6050EB03866A9911FF04E344FC38B60B.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Vitebsk, Bilevo- 3, 55.165924 ° N, 30.289308 ° E, h = 196 m, 15 – 25. VI 2020, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 02 – 24. VIII 2020, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo- 2, 55.165992 ° N, 30.264060 ° E, h = 189 m, 25. VI – 09. VII 2020, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Tulovo, 55.198280 ° N, 30.323528 ° E, h = 155 m, 22. IX 2020, 9 ♂, 4 ♀ (5 ♂, 3 ♀ genital preparations) (Solodovnikov, Kulikova & Kuznetsov); Liozno district, 22 km E of the Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Novorot'ye, 55.106239 ° N, 30.582778 ° E, h = 247 m, 19. VI 2016, 4 ♂, 7 ♀ (1 ♂, 2 ♀ genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); Liozno district, 3 km W of the vill. Velikoe Selo, 55.101444 ° N, 30.563081 ° E, h = 244 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 28. IX 2019, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov). Minsk Region: NW of the Minsk, surroundings of the Drozdy reservoir, Svisloch River floodplain, 53.947940 ° N, 27.494136 ° E, h = 197 m, 05. VI 2020, 1 ♂ (Kuznetsov). Gomel Region: SE of the Gomel, Korenevka forestry, 52.376667 ° N, 31.044444 ° E, h = 137 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 11. X 2020, 2 ♀ (Ostrovsky).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB03866A9911FF04E344FC38B60B.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Pisanenko & Monsevičius, 1991); Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italia, Poland, Romania, Russia (European part), Slovakia, The Netherlands, Ukraine (Smetana, 2004; Semenov, 2007; Kapp, 2019). West-Palaearctic species. NOTES. Beetles live in compost, haystacks, under fallen leaves, dry grass, in the nests of mice and ants (Formica spp.). Imago observed from June to September.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB03866A9911FF04E51AFBFDB77C.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel Region: Buda-Koshelevo district, near vill. † Yasli- shche, 52.559167 ° N, 30.398333 ° E, h = 143 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 08. XI 2020, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Ostrovsky).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB03866A9911FF04E51AFBFDB77C.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (new record); Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland (Williams, 1994; Assing, 1995; Smetana, 2004; Kapp, 2019). WestPalaearctic species. NOTES. This species is xerophilous (Kapp, 2019). Here it is firstly found in the ant nests.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB03866A9912FF04E42BFCA5B35E.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Senno district, 14 km SE Bogushevsk, vicinity of “ Luzhki ” railway station, mixed forest, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster, 22. IV 2000, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of the Vitebsk, vicinity of vill. Tulovo, 55.198280 ° N, 30.323528 ° E, h = 155 m, 22. IX 2020, 4 ♂, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov, Kulikova & Kuznetsov). Brest Region: Brest district, vill. Orhovo S of Tomashovka, 51.537278 ° N, 23.609967 ° E, h = 171 m, 4 – 5. VII 2020, 1 ♂ (Kuznetsov).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB03866A9912FF04E42BFCA5B35E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Pisanenko, 1995), Europe, North Africa, Egypt, Congo, North America and Brazil (Smetana, 2004; Kapp, 2019). Cosmopolitan species. NOTES. Beetles are found in rotten hay, compost, and other decaying plant debris from spring to autumn. In some places this species is common.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E0C2FE83B13E.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Vitebsk, House Building Factory, 55.166669 ° N, 30.106027 ° E, h = 142 m, 18. VIII 1996, 3 ex. (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 08. IV 2020, 2 ex. (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of the Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Tulovo, 55.198280 ° N, 30.323528 ° E, h = 155 m, 22. IX 2020, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov, Kulikova & Kuznetsov); Liozno district, 22 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Novorot'ye, 55.106239 ° N, 30.582778 ° E, h = 247 m, 19. VI 2016, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov). Brest Region: Brest district, vill. Orhovo S of Tomashovka, 51.539419 ° N, 23.609241 ° E, h = 168 m, in compost near the farm, 10. X 2020, 1 ♂ (Kuznetsov).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E0C2FE83B13E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Solodovnikov, 2012). Almost cosmopolitan species while absent in Australia (Williams, 1975). NOTES. It is found in general vegetable refuse, grass cuttings, compost heaps and the waste of woodworking enterprises. Quite rare and local species; imago from April to September.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E265FCE5B60F.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel Region: Gomel district, vill. Starye Dyatlovichi, 52.229722 ° N, 30.859167 ° E, h = 124 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 20. IX 2020, 1 ♀ (Ostrovsky).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E265FCE5B60F.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (new record). This species of Brazilian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Liverpool (Britain) (Williams, 1972), Poland, Sweden and Switzerland (Kapp, 2019). Synanthropic and introduced species. NOTES. Synanthropic species (Kapp, 2019). Most of the findings are related to the import of nuts. In the nature, it has not yet been registered, naturalization was considered unlikely. This species was not previously known from ant nests.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E513FDC6B47C.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Lepel district, Berezinskiy Biosphere Reserve, vill. Postrezhie, in the nest of Microtus arvalis Pall., 14. VII 1982, 2 ex. (Chiki- levskaya); Chashniki district, city of Chashniki, 54.850606 ° N, 29.169058 ° E, h = 137 m, in cellar, 4 – 18. V 2019, 7 ex. (1 ♂, 1 ♀ genital preparations) (Shvarackaya); Liozno district, 3 km W of the vill. Velikoe Selo, 55.101444 ° N, 30.563081 ° E, h = 244 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 28. IX 2019, 1 ♀ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo- 3, 55.165924 ° N, 30.289308 ° E, h = 196 m, 15 – 25. VI 2020, 2 ♂, 5 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); 5 km SE of the Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Oktyabrskaya, 55.128264 ° N, 30.242668 ° E, h = 140 m, 17. X 2020, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov & Kulikova).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386699912FF04E513FDC6B47C.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Pisanenko & Monsevičius, 1991), Europe from France to eastern Turkey and the Crimea, in the north to Finland, in the south to Greece and southern Italy. The species is recorded by Schülke & Smetana (2015) from North Africa, the Nearctic and the Neotropical regions. Cosmopolitan species. NOTES. This species occurs in all habitats from the plain to the subalpine zone. Oligota pumilio was found in hollow trees, in leaves of various tree species, leftover wild fodder, in hay in cattle sheds, on moldy substrate, in mushrooms and once in a mole's nest. It also occurs in ant nests. Imago is overwinter.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689913FF04E040FC45B765.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Vitebsk Region: Braslav district, Braslav National Park, SW shore of Strusto Lake, the vicinity of vill. Bulavishki, 30. V 1997, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); Senno district, 14 km SE of Bogushevsk, vicinity of “ Luzhki ” railway station, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 23 – 29. VI 2000, 1 ♀ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 27. VII – 6. VIII 2000, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); the same locality, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster, 06. VIII 2000, 1 ex. (Solodovnikov); 12 km SE Bogushevsk, 0, 7 km WSW “ Luzhki ” railway station, 54.752188 ° N, 30.267364 ° E, h = 188 m, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster, 17. VII 2020, 4 ♂ (Solodovnikov); 36 km SSE of Vitebsk, 3 km N of vill. Shchitovka, 54.883753 ° N, 30.379244 ° E, h = 185 m, in the nest of Lasius fuliginosus Latr., 5 – 10. VI 2013, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk district, 3 km SE of the Vitebsk, 13. IV 1996, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, botanical garden, 8 – 18. V 2000, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); 3 km SE of Vitebsk, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 26. IV 2000, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); 4 km S of the Vitebsk, right bank of Luchesa River, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 06. IV 2016, 2 ♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo- 3, 55.163559 ° N, 30.276733 ° E, h = 192 m, 15 – 25. VI 2020, 2 ♂ (genital preparations), 2 ♀ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo- 1, 55.167646 ° N, 30.253899 ° E, h = 190 m, 9 – 20. VII 2020, 1 ♂ (Solodovnikov); Vitebsk, Bilevo- 2, 55.165992 ° N, 30.264060 ° E, h = 189 m, 25. VI – 9. VII 2020, 1 ♀ (genital preparation) (Solodovnikov); the same locality, 2 – 24. VIII 2020, 2 ♂ (genital preparations) (Solodovnikov); 4 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Tulovo, 55.198280 ° N, 30.323528 ° E, h = 155 m, 22. IX 2020, 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Solodovnikov, Kulikova & Kuznetsov); Vitebsk, Frunze park, 55.193344 ° N, 30.211082 ° E, h = 142 m, 23. IX 2020, 1 ♂ (genital preparation), (Solodovnikov & Kulikova); Liozno district, 30 km SSE of Vitebsk, 1 km S of vill. Kurtenki, 54.944314 ° N, 30.444069 ° E, h = 185 m, in the nest of Formica exsecta Nyl., 9. X 2012, 1 ♀ (Solodovnikov & Pliskevich); 22 km E of Vitebsk, the vicinity of vill. Novorot'ye, 55.106239 ° N, 30.582778 ° E, h = 247 m, 19. VI 2016, 2 ♂ (genital preparations), 4 ♀ (Solodovnikov). Minsk Region: N of Minsk, Dolginovsky tract, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 16. V 2020, 1 ♀ (Kuznetsov). Gomel Region: Loev district, E of the vill. Abakumi, 51.989722 ° N, 30.864722 ° E, h = 117 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 13. VI 2020, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (all genital preparations) (Ostrovsky); Dobrush district, SW of the vill. Dudarevo, 52.364722 ° N, 31.198889 ° E, h = 143 m, in the nest of	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689913FF04E040FC45B765.taxon	description	Formica polyctena Föerster, 12. IV 2020, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Ostrovsky); Gomel district, NE of Gomel, Makeevka forestry, 52.403056 ° N, 30.893056 ° E, h = 136 m, in the nest of Formica rufa L., 2. V 2020, 1 ♂ (genital preparation) (Ostrovsky).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689913FF04E040FC45B765.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (Pisanenko, 1995). Cosmopolitan species, widely distributed in Europe, Asia, North and South America (Aleksandrowicz et al., 1996; Smetana, 2004; Semenov, 2007; Kapp, 2019). NOTES. This species occurs in vegetable refuse, including compost heaps and cut grass, under stones, in urban- and agrocenoses, ant nests (Formica rufa group and Lasius fuliginosus Latr.), grass tufts and rotting seaweed. Imago observed from April to September.	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689914FF04E433FB81B304.taxon	materials_examined	MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel Region: Svetlogorsk district, vicinity of vill. Chirko- vichi, left bank of the Berezina River, 52.684294 ° N, 29.661018 ° E, h = 126 m, 28. VII 2020, 1 ♂ (genital preparation), 2 ♀ (Solodovnikov).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689914FF04E433FB81B304.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Belarus (new record); North-Western Africa, Southern and Western Europe (Kapp, 2019). West-Palaearctic species. NOTES. It is found in general vegetable refuse but seems to prefer a drier situation than	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
6050EB0386689914FF04E433FB81B304.taxon	description	O. pusillima and is more often found in old haystacks and reed stacks (Williams, 1975).	en	Ostrovsky, A. M., Solodovnikov, I. A. (2021): Rove beetles of Belarus: the genus Oligota Mannerheim, 1830 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Far Eastern Entomologist 436: 35-40, DOI: 10.25221/fee.436.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.436.2
