Bryaxis chaudoirii (Chaudoir, 1845)

Krivosheyev, R. E., 2021, New records of the short-winged mold beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from the Dniester canyon of Vinnytsia Region, Ukrainska Entomofaunistyka (Oxford, England) 12 (3), pp. 1-3 : 3

Bryaxis chaudoirii (Chaudoir, 1845)

Winkler 1925: 460.

Material examined. Ukraine, Vinnytsia Region, Mohyliv-Podils’kyi city vicinity, dry steppe slopes near Nemyia River , in grass and moss, 48.4719511 N 27.7930955 E, 7 ♂ ( Krivosheyev leg.) ( SIZK) ; ibid., Khon’kivtsi village, dry steppe slopes n. Karajets River , in litter and moss, 48.556356 N, 27.536312 E, 6 ♂, 7 ♀ ( Krivosheyev leg.) ( SIZK) ; ibid., Novodnestrovsk vicinity, Dniester River bank, in dry grass and moss, 48.609800 N, 27.441576 E, 7 ♂ ( Krivosheyev leg.) ( SIZK) .

Distribution. Mediterranean and East of Europe ( Löbl, 2004).

Notes. Thermophylic species, lives in grass and moss along the dry hills (own observations).