Additions to the list of Finnish Bibionomorpha (Diptera, Nematocera)
Author
Salmela, Jukka
Author
Kaunisto, Kari M
text
Biodiversity Data Journal
2015
3
5228
5228
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5228
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5228
1314-2828-3-5228
Mycetophila gemerensis
Sevcik
& Kurina, 2011
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
DIPT-JS-2014-0189
; recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Ostrobothnia borealis pars borealis; verbatimLocality: Rovaniemi, Savioja; verbatimLatitude: 66.2251; verbatimLongitude: 25.3668; verbatimCoordinateSystem: decimal degrees; verbatimSRS: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2013-5-24/6-28
; habitat: headwater stream, deciduous herb-rich forest; Record Level: institutionCode:
JES
Distribution
European. The species (Fig. 12a, c) was recently described from the Gemer region in the central part of Slovakia (
Sevcik
and Kurina 2011a
). No other records are available. New for the Fennoscandian fauna.
Ecology
The holotype male was collected from a "spring area in a young spruce forest, 1230 m (above sea level)"
Sevcik
and Kurina 2011b
). Finnish locality is a herb-rich riparian forest, dominated by deciduous trees.
Taxon discussion
The species is quite close to
M. lastovkai
Caspers, 1984 (Fig. 12b, d), a species that has been in the Nordic region reported from Sweden, Norway and Denmark (
Kjaerandsen 2015
). Nordic material of
M. lastovkai
should be re-examined in order to check the potential confusion with
M. gemerensis
.