Peripsocus subfasciatus (Rambur, 1842)

Ostrovsky, A. M., 2024, The barkfly (Insecta: Psocodea) fauna of the Republic of Belarus, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (1), pp. 1-8 : 5

Peripsocus subfasciatus (Rambur, 1842)

Ostrovsky, 2019.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel district, W of “Glushets” gardens between Mikhal’ki and Starye Dyatlovichi villages, 52°15′18″N, 30°50′05″E, 122 m a.s.l., pine forest, from dry pine tree branches among the undergrowth, 22.07.2023, 7♀, collected by beating the vegetation; Bragin district , NW of Velikiy Les village, 51°54′38″N, 30°09′07″E, 123 m a.s.l., pine forest, from dry oak and pine trees brunches overgrown by lichens, 30.07.2023, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation .

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Poland and some regions of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [ Vishnyakova, 1959; Danka, 1964, 1968; Martini, 1975; Golub, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2016; Ostrovsky, Aleksandrowicz, 2022; Georgiev, Ruchin, 2023; Georgiev et al., 2023; Ostrovsky et al., 2023].

NOTES. Medium sized (c. 3–4 mm) ‘picture-winged’ brown parthenogenetic barkfly that is found on a wide range of deciduous trees and bushes (branches and trunks), conifer (evergreen) branches and heather.