The species of the booklice genus Liposcelis Motschulsky, 1852 of Belarus (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae) Author Ostrovsky, Artsiom 0000-0003-1729-9750 Department of Public Health and Health Services with the course of the Faculty of Professional Development and Retraining, Gomel State Medical University, 5 Lange Street, 246000 Gomel, Belarus - arti 301989 @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1729 - 9750 arti301989@mail.ru Author Georgiev, Dilian 0000-0003-2885-4895 Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, University of Plovdiv, 24 Tsar Assen Street, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria - diliangeorgiev @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2885 - 4895 diliangeorgiev@gmail.com text Fragmenta entomologica 2024 2024-06-30 56 1 77 84 journal article 10.13133/2284-4880/1547 2284-4880 12762840 Liposcelis silvarum (Kolbe, 1888) (Fig 8) Material examined. Buda-Koshelevo District : N of Uvarovichi , 52.36.28N, 30.43.15E, 137 m , 11 May 2021 , field, in the harvest mouse’s nest on the bush, 23♀ , 6 nymphs. Gomel District : W of vill. Uza , 52.22.55N, 30.52.40E, 119 m , 1 Oct 2016 , sand dune, under bark, 1 ex. ; S of Gomel , Novobelitsa forestry, 52.20.36N, 30.59.53E, 122 m , 28 Mar 2021 , mixed forest, in a beehive on a dry pine tree, 2♀ ; N of “Medvezhiy Log” gardens between the vill. Znamya Truda and the vill. Medvezhiy Log , 52.23.11N, 31.09.43E, 130 m , 18 Apr 2021 , in an abandoned bird’s nest on a tree, 1♀ ; vill. Gorodskaya Sloboda , 52.23.23N, 30.53.35E, 127 m , 22 May 2021 , in a fallen down birdhouse, 1♀ ; S of vill. Sharpilovka , 52.06.23N, 30.55.44E, 124 m , 21 Jun 2021 , pine forest, in a fallen down birdhouse, 2♀ ; “ Glushets ” gardens, 52.15.28N, 30.50.40E, 121 m , 23 Aug 2023 , in an abandoned bird’s nest in a tangle of vines at the dacha, 1♀ , 1 nymph. Khoyniki District : E of Khoyniki , 51.55.01N, 30.01.17E, 140 m , 1 Aug 2023 , mixed forest, in the nest of Formica polyctena Föerster , 1♂ , 1♀ . Distribution. This is a mainly widespread Eurasian species but has been recorded also from Morocco , Canary Islands and U.S.A. ( Yoshizawa & Lienhard 2010 ). Notes. Bisexual species. Very often woodland ( Lienhard 1990 , 1998 ). It is species mostly associated with bird and mammal nests, also found in anthills and under bark.