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Philotarsus picicornis (Fabricius, 1793)

Scarce in Britain.


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The National Biodiversity Network records are shown on the map below.

Distribution map for Philotarsus picicornis
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The following datasets are included:

  • National Trust - Wicken Fen nature reserve species data held by The National Trust
  • National Barkfly Recording Scheme - Outdoor Psocoptera (barkfly) records for Britain & Ireland, 1850 to present.
  • Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre - Patrick Roper's Notebooks
  • Countryside Council for Wales - Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID)
  • Tullie House Museum - Tullie House Museum. Invertebrate Records other than Lepidoptera. Pre-2009 for Cumbria
  • Natural England - Invertebrate Site Register - England.
  • Worcestershire Biological Records Centre - WBRC Species data for Worcestershire collated by date.
  • Staffordshire Ecological Record - SER Site-based Surveys
  • Worcestershire Biological Records Centre - Natural England species data for SSSI within Worcestershire from date of notification to present
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The National Biodiversity Network records are shown on the map below.

Distribution map for Philotarsus picicornis sensu lato
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The following datasets are included:

  • National Barkfly Recording Scheme - Outdoor Psocoptera (barkfly) records for Britain & Ireland, 1850 to present.
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Region Main date range Extreme dates
North Unknown 15 July - 2 September
South Unknown 10 July - 12 September


Summary: has been found most frequently on branches of coniferous trees (no records from trunks).

Associations:

  • Deciduous branches: oak and sea buckthorn.
  • Conifer/evergreen branches: gorse, pine, sitka spruce, western hemlock and yew.

Sampling techniques: beating branches.




 

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