Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae) Author Jakovlev, Jevgeni Author Salmela, Jukka Author Polevoi, Alexei Author Penttinen, Jouni Author Vartija, Noora-Annukka text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1068 1068 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1068 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1068 1314-2828--1068 Monoclona silvatica Zaitzev, 1983* Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Penttinen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Karelia ladogensis; municipality: Parikkala; locality: Kasinniemi ; decimalLatitude: 61.565 ; decimalLongitude: 29.558 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Penttinen ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2008-7-22 /9-1; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode: JPJ Distribution Palaearctic. The species is known from the Far East and European parts of Russia ( Zaitzev 1994 ), Central Europe ( Chandler 2004 ) and Norway ( Kjaerandsen and Jordal 2007 ). New for Finland, Finnish sampling sites lie in the south boreal zone. Ecology Larvae are associated with wood-decaying fungi ( Zaitzev 1994 ). Finnish collecting sites are herb-rich forests with high amounts of decaying deciduous trees and an old-growth boreal forest. Conservation Red-listed in Norway (DD, Anonymous 2010 ).