* Valenzuela despaxi (Badonnel, 1936)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel district, S of Gomel city, Novobelitsa forestry, 52°20′43″N, 31°02′21″E, 135 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from oak tree branches with dry leaves among the undergrowth, 9.10.2021, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation .

DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic species. Known from Poland and some localities of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [Martini, 1975; Golub, 2016; Ostrovsky et al., 2023].

NOTES. A moderately small (c. 3 mm) yellow barkfly that is mainly associated with conifer (evergreen) branches but occasionally found on deciduous trees.