| National Barkfly Recording Scheme (Britain and Ireland)  | 
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    Psocus bipunctatus | 
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	  Species account | 
   
  
    | No photo of whole animal | 
    A moderately large (c.4.5-5mm) barkfly. Very  rare in England  with one recent record. | 
   
  
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    Unlike other species with mainly colourless  wings in this group the majority of the pterostigma is colourless. | 
   
  
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    Female 
      The large rounded lobes of the gonapophyses are  distinctive. The side lobes of the subgenital plate give an impression of  eyebrows. | 
   
  
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    Male 
      The hypandrium is asymmetrical with a rounded  base and a long thin appendage on the right hand side. | 
   
 
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