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Family: Staphylinidae
Adults are small, approximately 4.5 - 6 mm in size. Their body is shortly oval and strongly shiny. The colouration is black with the typical four irregular red spots - two on each elytra (hence the species name quadrimaculatum). The elytra are usually strongly punctate, the tibiae with striations.
Adults are most commonly seen from spring to late summer (typically April to August). It is usually found in deciduous forests of foothills and mountains on fallen decaying tree trunks or stumps, covered with mosses and fungi. It can also be found on choroses, wood fungi and resupinate fruiting bodies. It is widespread in most of Europe and also in North Africa and the Middle East.
Adults and larvae are mycophagous - they feed on parts of the fruiting bodies of fungi, probably spores, hyphae and the soft matter of the fruiting bodies. Adults appear on mushroom fruiting bodies between April and August - apparently mating in the summer months, and females lay their eggs in or near the fruiting bodies or decaying wood.
Picture Source: Schmidt, 2018
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