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 Mycetophila confusa Dziedzicki, 1884 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Penttinen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Tavastia australis; municipality: Nastola; locality: Kurasto ; decimalLatitude: 61.109 ; decimalLongitude: 24.262 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Penttinen ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2009-6-1 /6-15; habitat: Semi-natural forest with lime; Record Level: institutionCode: JPJ Distribution Palaearctic, rather wide range in Europe ( Chandler 2004 ). Listed from Finland as M. affluctata Edwards, 1941 ( Hackman 1980 ) without locality data. Most likely a very rare species in Fennoscandia (cf. Kjaerandsen et al. 2007 , Anonymous 2010 ). Ecology The Finnish collecting site is a herb-rich forest in the south boreal zone. Immature stages are unknown. Generally, Mycetophila species are associated as larvae with fruiting bodies of macrofungi, both terrestrial and wood-growing; a few species feed on slime moulds ( Jakovlev 2011a ). Conservation Red-listed in Norway (VU, Anonymous 2010 , Gammelmo et al. 2010 ).