Liposcelis formicaria (Hagen, 1865)

Ostrovsky, Artsiom & Georgiev, Dilian, 2021, Some Psocoptera species (Hexapoda, Insecta) new to the fauna of Belarus, ZooNotes 2021 (176), pp. 1-3 : 2-3

Liposcelis formicaria (Hagen, 1865)

Material examined:

1. Belarus, Gomel area , Gomel district, mixed forest west of the Gomel city, Makeevka forestry, in the nest of Formica rufa , 52°24'10"N, 30°53'26"E, 140 a.s.l., 02.05.2020, 7♀ .

2. Belarus, Gomel area, Buda-Koshelevo district , pine forest southwest of the village of Rudnya-Ol’khovka, in the nest of Formica rufa , 52°32'54"N, 30°22'35"E, 140 a.s.l., 08.11.2020, 1♂ .

3. Belarus, Gomel area , Gomel district, pine forest west of the village of Starye Dyatlovichi , in the nest of Formica polyctena , 52°13'50"N, 30°50'58"E, 132 a.s.l., 20.09.2020, 4♀ .

4. Belarus, Gomel area, Buda-Koshelevo district, pine forest north of the village of † Yaslishche , in the nest of Formica rufa , 52°33'33"N, 30°23'54"E, 143 a.s.l., 08.11.2020, 15♀ ( Fig. 1 ) .

5. Belarus, Gomel area, Buda-Koshelevo district , pine forest south of the village of Rudnya-Ol’khovka, in the nest of Formica rufa , 52°32'43"N, 30°23'02"E, 144 a.s.l., 08.11.2020, many ♀♀ and ♂♂ .

6. Belarus, Gomel area , Gomel district, the edge of the power line clearing in the pine forest west of the village of Starye Dyatlovichi , in the nest of Formica rufa , 52°13'50"N, 30°51'02"E, 132 a.s.l., 20.09.2020, 1♀ .

7. Belarus, Gomel area, Buda-Koshelevo district, pine forest southeast of the village of Yaslishche , in the mixed nest of Formica rufa / polyctena , 52°32'55"N, 30°24'53"E, 155 a.s.l., 08.11.2020, many ♀♀ and ♂♂ .

8. Belarus, Gomel area, Bragin district, village of Nizhnie Zhary , in an abandoned nest of Garrulus glandarius under the roof of an abandoned house, 51°17'50"N, 30°33'47"E, 104 a.s.l., 23.07.2020, 3♀ .

Figures

Fig. 1. General view of a female Liposcelis formicaria from Belarus (collected on 08.11.2020, Gomel area, Buda-Koshelevo district, pine forest north of the village of Yaslishche, in the nest of Formica rufa, 52°33'33"N, 30°23'54"E, 143 a.s.l.). Photo: D. Georgiev, light microscope, 10x.