The barkfly (Insecta: Psocodea) fauna of the Republic of Belarus Author Ostrovsky, A. M. text Russian Entomological Journal 2024 33 1 1 8 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/05aefe8f-6057-3a5e-a122-28b74ee234ad/ journal article 10.15298/rusentj.33.1.01 0132-8069 Valenzuela gynapterus (Tetens, 1891) Vishnyakova, 1964 ( Caecilius gynapterus Tet. ); Ostrovsky, 2017 , 2019 . DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic species. Known from Latvia , Poland and some localities European Russia [ Vishnyakova, 1959 , 1964 ; Martini, 1975 ; Golub, 1994 , 2005 , 2007 ]. NOTES . A moderately small (c. 3.2 mm) barkfly. Males have long wings (macropterous) while females have not winged (apterous). This species lives on the one hand on shrubs, bushes, hedges and herbs close to the ground, on the other hand in the leaf litter.