Graphopsocus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1768)

Ostrovsky, A. M., 2024, The barkfly (Insecta: Psocodea) fauna of the Republic of Belarus, Russian Entomological Journal 33 (1), pp. 1-8 : 4

Graphopsocus cruciatus (Linnaeus, 1768)

Vishnyakova, 1964; Danka, 1968; Ostrovsky, 2017, 2019.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Bragin district, E of Gden’ village, 51°20′08″N, 30°28′37″E, 115 a.s.l., pine forest, from dry oak tree branches among the undergrowth, 26.07.2020, 2♀, collected by beating the vegetation; Buda-Koshelevo district, SW of Rudnya-Ol’khovka village, 52°31′23″N, 30°22′00″E, 128 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from oak tree branches with dry leaves, 23.10.2021, 2♂, 5♀, collected by beating the vegetation; 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 ; 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, 2♂, 4♀, collected by beating the vegetation; Buda-Koshelevo district , S of Rudnya-Ol’khovka village, 52°32′50″N, 30°23′21″E, 133 m a.s.l., mixed forest, from oak tree branches with dry leaves, 8.11.2020, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation ; Gomel district, N of Nagornoe village, Dolgolesye forestry, 52°13′37″N, 30°37′30″E, 133 m a.s.l., cutting area, from oak tree branches with leaves, 16.07.2023, 1♂, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation .

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland and all over European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [ Ul’yanin, 1869; Vishnyakova, 1959, 1964; Danka, 1960, 1968; Martini, 1975; Golub, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2016; Georgiev et al., 2023; Ostrovsky et al., 2023].

NOTES. A moderate sized (4–5 mm), ‘picture-winged’ barkfly. This foliicle species lives on very wide range of trees, shrubs and other microhabitats.