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(Uzhhorod, CCH); V. Foroshchuk (Luhansk, CFR); S. Konovalov (Severodonetsk, CKN);
N. Koval (Velyke Berezne, CKV); I. Severov (Rubizhne, CSV); P. Voitko, (Skole, CVT).
Collecting and laboratory processing of the material was carried out according to standard
methods of entomological research.
The taxonomic position of species, authors and years of taxon description are given
according to the Staphylinidae catalogues for the Palaearctic region (Schülke, Smetana,
2015). Abbreviations and depositories. Province codes of Ukraine: CRI – Crimea, СER –
Chernivtsi, СRK – Cherkasy, DON – Donetsk, IFR – Ivano–Frankivsk, KRO –
Kropyvnytskyi, KYI – Kyiv, LUG – Luhansk, LWI – Lviv, MYK – Mykolaiv, ODE – Odesa,
POL – Poltava, RIV – Rivne, SUM – Sumy, TER – Ternopil, VOL – Volyn, ZAK –
Zakarpattya; (NNR) – National Nature Reserve; (RLP) – Regional Landscape Park; (c) –
city; (r) – region; (riv) – river; (v) – village; (d) – district.
Results. The type species of the genus Amischa: Aleochara analis Gravenhorst, 1802
(=Amischa analis). Amischa is a large genus of the subfamily Aleocharinae, which has more
than 63 species in the world fauna. There are 30 known species in the fauna of Palaearctic
(Assing, 2021), 4 of which (A. analis, A. bifoveolata, A. decipiens, A. nigrofusca) are
represented in the fauna of Ukraine.

Fig. Representatives of Amischa analis (a), A. bifoveolata (b), A. decipiens (c), A. nigrofusca (d).

Diagnosis of the genus Amischa. Body length 1,7-4 mm. The color of the body in
different representatives of the genus varies greatly from yellowish to blackish coloration,
elytra, antennae, mandibular tentacles and legs are light brown. Body small, oval and
somewhat parallelsided, slightly flattened from above. Entire body is moderately densely
finely punctate and evenly covered with short light bristles with a distinct reticulate
microsculpture. Head of trapeziform shape, dilated posteriorly. Ligula broad and apically
convex, undivided, anteriorly concave, in the middle membranous. Antennae slender and
short, articles 5–10 slightly transverse or elongated. Pronotum transverse, the greatest width
in the center of the disc, front and back corners of the disc rounded, center slightly flattened,
with pubescence on disc forming distinct pattern, usually directed lateroposteriad from
midline. Elytra slightly longer than pronotum. Foot formula 4–4–5. Abdomen densely
punctate; segment VII longer than segment VI. Tergite VIII and sternite VIII with