Trichadenotecnum majus (Kolbe, 1880)

Ostrovsky, A. M., 2024, The barkfly (Insecta: Psocodea) fauna of the Republic of Belarus, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (1), pp. 1-8 : 7

* Trichadenotecnum majus (Kolbe, 1880)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel district, N of “Motor” gardens between Chenki and Borets villages, Chenki forestry, 52°19′46″N, 30°57′45″E, 130 m a.s.l., broad leaf forest, from oak tree branches among the undergrowth on the outskirts of a forest swamp, 20.10.2019, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation .

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Poland and some regions of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [ Jacobson, Bianki, 1905; Vishnyakova, 1959; Danka, 1960, 1964, 1968; Martini, 1975; Golub, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2016; Georgiev, Ruchin, 2023; Georgiev et al., 2023; Ostrovsky et al., 2023].

NOTES.A moderately large (4.5–5.5 mm) ‘picture-winged’ barkfly that is found on various deciduous and coniferous (evergreen) trees and bushes. This species prefers humid conditions (such as riverine woodlands) and the environment may be more important than the specific tree species.