Peripsocus phaeopterus (Stephens, 1836)

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

Peripsocus phaeopterus (Stephens, 1836)

Ostrovsky, 2019.

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 ; Gomel district, W of Mirnyi village, Dolgolesye forestry, 52°18′15″N, 30°47′31″E, 129 m a.s.l., cutting area, from dry birch tree branches, 1.07.2023, 4♂, 4♀, collected by beating the vegetation ; Gomel district, W of “Glushets” gardens between Mikhal’ki and Starye Dyatlovichi villages, 52°15′11″N, 30°49′40″E, 119 m a.s.l., pine forest, from dry pine tree branches among the undergrowth, 9.07.2023, 3♀, collected by beating the vegetation; same locality, 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, 1♂, 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; Khoyniki district , SE of Oktyabr’ village, 51°54′43″N, 30°03′35″E, 122 m a.s.l., from oak tree branches with leaves near the woods, 31.07.2023, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation ; Gomel district, N of Znamya Truda village , 52°22′48″N, 31°08′41″E, 130 m a.s.l., from dry pine tree brunches near the woods, 15.08.2023, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation ; Gomel district, NE of “ Beryozki ” gardens between Znamya Truda and Medvezhiy Log villages, 52°23'10"N, 31°09'43"E, 130 m a.s.l., tree and shrub thickets in the field, 15.08.2023, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation .

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Poland and some localities European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [ Zavarzin, 1906; Vishnyakova, 1959; Danka, 1964, 1968; Martini, 1975; Savel’ev, 1997; Golub, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2016; Szawaryn et al., 2020; Georgiev et al., 2023].

NOTES. Medium sized (c. 3–4 mm) brown barkfly that is found mainly on branches of deciduous and coniferous (evergreen) trees and bushes.