Trogium pulsatorium

Trogium pulsatorium (Linnaeus, 1758) Litvinava, 1985 (Trogium pulsator); Ostrovsky, 2019. MATERIAL EXAMINED. Gomel district, “Glushets” gardens, 52°15′28″N, 30°50′40″E, 121 m a.s.l., in the kitchen of the dacha, 29.08.2023, 1♀, collected by hand with a wet brush. DISTRIBUTION. Cosmopolitan species. Known from Poland and some localities European Russia [Danka, 1968; Martini, 1975; Golub, 2007]. NOTES.A small (c. 1.5 – 2 mm) micropterous (tiny winged) barkfly. This synanthropic species has a characteristic dark stripe running across the eyes and a reddish-brown stripe down the middle of the head. Widespread in domestic situations.