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 1314-2828-2-1068 Phthinia zaitzevi Plassmann, 1990** Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: A. Polevoi ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: Kartesh, biological station; decimalLatitude: 66.337 ; decimalLongitude: 33.652 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1996-7-30/8-1 ; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP Distribution European. Extremely rare species (Fig. 9) which was known from the type locality in Sweden ( Plassmann 1990 ) and later reported from Czech republic ( Chandler 2004 ). However, the record from Czech republic is erroneous ( Sevcik and Kosel 2009 ). New to Russia and the Republic of Karelia. Ecology The Karelian specimen was collected in Vaccinium myrtillus type sprucedominated forest. Immature stages are unknown. Generally, Phthinia larvae develop in webs on the surface of fungal mycelium and moulds in rotten wood. The larvae pupate in silky cocoon ( Plachter 1979 ). Notes Plassmann's original figure of male genitalia is sketchy, however the study of the holotype (Sweden, Abisko) confirmed identity of Karelian and Swedish speciemens.