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
Exechiopsis (Exechiopsis) hammi (Edwards, 1925)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
MYCE-JS-2013-0295
; recordedBy:
J. Ilmonen
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Nylandia; municipality: Espoo; locality:
Matalajaervi
; decimalLatitude:
60.247
; decimalLongitude:
24.687
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J. Salmela
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2012-8-23
/10-20; habitat: swampy lake shore; Record Level: institutionCode:
JES
Distribution
Palaearctic, rather widely distributed in Europe (
Chandler 2004
). In Fennoscandia recorded from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russian Karelia (
Hackman 1980
,
Polevoi 2000
,
Zaitzev 2003
,
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
). In Finland only known from the southern parts of the country.
Ecology
Immature stages are unknown, hibernating adults have been observed in caves in Norway (
Kjaerandsen 1993
). In Finland collected from old-growth forests, burnt forests, herb-rich forests and from a swampy lake shore (
Matalajaervi
).
Conservation
Red-listed (NT) in Finland (
Penttinen et al. 2010
).