Amphigerontia bifasciata

Amphigerontia bifasciata (Latreille, 1799) Litvinava, 1985. MATERIAL EXAMINED. 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, 3♀, collected by beating the vegetation. DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic species. Known from Poland and some regions of European Russia (incl. North Caucasus) [Reuter, 1893; Jacobson, Bianki, 1905; Zavarzin, 1906; Vishnyakova, 1959; Martini, 1975; Golub, 1999, 2005, 2016; Georgiev et al., 2023]. NOTES.A moderately large (c. 4.5 mm) barkfly that is usually found on branches of deciduous and coniferous (evergreen) trees and bushes.