Peripsocus alboguttatus (Dalman, 1823)

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

* Peripsocus alboguttatus (Dalman, 1823)

MATERIAL EXAMINED. Bragin district, E of Gden’ village, 51°20′08″N, 30°28′37″E, 115 m a.s.l., pine forest, from dry oak and pine trees brunches overgrown by lichens, 26.07.2020, 3♂, 7♀, 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, 1♀, collected by beating the vegetation; Buda-Koshelevo district , SW of Rudnya-Ol’khovka village, 52°32′41″N, 30°22′42″E, 130 m a.s.l., pine forest, from pine tree brunches overgrown by lichens, 23.10.2021, 1♂, 2♀, 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, 1♂, 2♀, 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, 1♂, 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 ;

DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Poland and some regions of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [ Vishnyakova, 1959; Danka, 1964, 1968; Martini, 1975; Savel’ev, 1997; Golub, 1994, 2005, 2007, 2016; Ostrovsky, Aleksandrowicz, 2022; Georgiev, Ruchin, 2023; Georgiev et al., 2023].

NOTES. Moderately small (c. 2.5– 3 mm) ‘picture-winged’ barkfly, appears to be most frequently associated with low trees and bushes.