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
Sciophila caesarea Chandler, 2001*
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
J.Salmela
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Taxon: genus: Sciophila; specificEpithet: caesarea; scientificNameAuthorship: Chandler, 2001; Location: stateProvince: Lapponia inarensis; municipality: Utsjoki; locality:
Galddasjohka
; decimalLatitude:
69.861
; decimalLongitude:
27.809
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J.Jakovlev
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2007-7-19
/8-27; habitat: stream valley in fell area; Record Level: institutionCode:
JJH
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
J.Jakovlev; J.Penttinen
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Taxon: genus: Sciophila; specificEpithet: caesarea; scientificNameAuthorship: Chandler, 2001; Location: stateProvince: Lapponia enontekiensis; municipality:
Enontekioe
; locality:
Kilpisjaervi
_Saana_South_2
; decimalLatitude:
69.035
; decimalLongitude:
20.839
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J.Jakovlev
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2006-8-1
/8-15; habitat: subarctic mountain birch forest; Record Level: institutionCode:
JJH
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
M.Jaschhof; C.Jaschhof
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Taxon: genus: Sciophila; specificEpithet: caesarea; scientificNameAuthorship: Chandler, 2001; Location: stateProvince: Satakunta; municipality: Ikaalinen; locality:
Multinharju
; decimalLatitude:
61.907
; decimalLongitude:
23.399
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J.Jakovlev
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2004-7-2
/8-24; habitat: old-growth forest, Myrtillus type; Record Level: institutionCode:
JJH
Distribution
European. Described from Great Britain (
Chandler 2001
), later found from southern Sweden (
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
). New for Finland. Record from Czech republic in Fauna Europaea (
Chandler 2004
) is erroneous (J.
Sevcik
, pers.comm.).
Ecology
Finnish collecting sites are a luxurious old-growth coniferous forest (Ikaalinen) in central Finland, a mountain birch forest with rich vegetation (Saana) and a subarctic stream valley surrounded by a strip of mountain birch forest (Galddasjohka). Immature stages are unknown.