Lepinotus reticulatus Enderlein, 1904

Ostrovsky, 2017, 2019; Ostrovsky, Georgiev, 2021.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Loev district, Karpovka village, 52°01′09″N, 30°54′06″E, 116 m a.s.l., from an abandoned swallow's nest inside an abandoned farm building, 11.06.2021, 1♀, collected by sieving; Gomel district, “Beryozki” gardens between Znamya Truda and Medvezhiy Log villages, 52°22′54″N, 31°09′00″E, 130 m a.s.l., from a beehive on a pine tree, 18.04.2021, 2♀, collected by hand with a wet brush; Loev district, NE of Abakumy village, 51°59′25″N, 30°51′55″E, 117 m a.s.l., lowland oak forest, from an abandoned bird's nest in a hollow tree on the shore of a forest lake, 10.06.2021, 1♀, collected by sieving; Loev district, E of Pervomaisk village, 52°03′35″N, 30°46′25″E, 114 m a.s.l., from an abandoned wasp's nest on the attic of an abandoned house, 27.08.2022, 4♀, collected by sieving; same locality, 52°03′34″N, 30°46′25″E, 114 m a.s.l., from a pile of dead bees on the floor of an abandoned house, 27.08.2022, 8♀, 2 nymphs, collected by sieving; Loev district, Koshevoe village, 52°03′07″N, 30°47′03″E, 114 m a.s.l., from the nest of Formica rufa L. inside an abandoned house, 27.08.2022, 2♀, 3 nymphs, collected by sieving; Gomel district, SW of Zadorovka village, 52°25′38″N, 30°38′18″E, 126 m a.s.l., field, from an abandoned swallow's nest on a shepherd's hut, 8.05.2023, 1♀, 4 nymphs, collected by sieving; Gomel city, Auerbakha str., 52°25′49″N, 30°59′12″E, 140 m a.s.l., in the pantry, 2.04.2023, 7♀, 3 nymphs, collected by hand with a wet brush; Gomel district, Mirnyi village, 52°18′19″N, 30°47′52″E, 126 m a.s.l., from an abandoned bird's nest inside an abandoned brick building, 1.07.2023, 2♀, 7 nymphs, collected by sieving; Khoyniki district, Oktyabr’ village, 51°54′54″N, 30°02′42″E, 126 m a.s.l., from an abandoned swallow's nest inside an abandoned house, 29.07.2023, 3♀, collected by sieving; Bragin district, W of Velikiy Les village, 51°54′22″N, 30°09′40″E, 124 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from the nest of Formica rufa L., 30.07.2023, 4♀, 15 nymphs, collected by sieving; Khoyniki district, E of Krasnyi Pakhar’ village, 51°54′45″N, 30°06′08″E, 120 m a.s.l., from an abandoned bird's nest under a reinforced concrete bridge over the Velikyi Canal in the field, 30.07.2023, 7♀, collected by sieving; same locality, from a swallow's nest under a reinforced concrete bridge over the Velikyi Canal in the field, 31.07.2023, 1♀, collected by sieving; Khoyniki district, Korchevoe village, 51°55′26″N, 30°03′26″E, 126 m a.s.l., from an abandoned bird's nest inside an abandoned house, 31.07.2023, 5♀, collected by sieving; Khoyniki district, E of Khoyniki city, 51°55′03″N, 30°01′17″E, 139 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from the nest of Formica rufa L., 01.08.2023, 15♀, 23 nymphs, collected by sieving; same locality, 51°55′01″N, 30°01′17″E, 140 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster, 1.08.2023, 2♀, 1 nymph, collected by sieving; Gomel district, N of Znamya Truda village, 52°22'46"N, 31°08'23"E, 130 m a.s.l., from the nest of Formica rufa L. inside a ruined gazebo near the woods, 15.08.2023, 1♀, collected by sieving; Gomel district, “Glushets” gardens, 52°15′28″N, 30°50′40″E, 121 m a.s.l., from an abandoned bird's nest in a tangle of vines at the dacha, 23.08.2023, 45♀, 34 nymphs, collected by sieving; Gomel district, N of Borets village, 52°18'19"N, 30°57'20"E, 123 m a.s.l., pine forest, from an abandoned bird's nest inside an abandoned brick building, 3.09.2023, 1♀, collected by sieving; same locality, from an abandoned bird's nest in the recess of a column of a brick building, 3.09.2023, 62♀, 15 nymphs, collected by sieving .

DISTRIBUTION. Cosmopolitan species. Known from Poland [Martini, 1975].

NOTES. A small (c. 1.3 mm) parthenogenetic species with easily detaching wings, often found in human habitation and in warehouses where foodstuffs are stored, whereas in nature it is generally found in leaf litter and tufts of dry grass.