New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia
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Kolcsár, Levente-Péter
Author
Salmela, Jukka
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/13.5.533
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10.15560/13.5.533
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Synplasta rufilatera
(
Edwards, 1941
)
Material examined.
Figure 1
.
Romania
: Cluj-Nap- oca, Cartierul Mănăștur, hornbeam-beech forest near the city,
434 m
a.s.l.
46.7497° N
,
023.5467° E
,
16 May 2014
, Kolcsár L.-P. leg.,
1 male
, DIPT-JS-2016-0273.
This rare and poorly known European species was described from
Great Britain
(
Edwards 1941
, as
Rhymosia
) and was later recorded only from
Poland
(
Zatwarnicki 2001
, as
Allodiopsis
),
Germany
(
Ševčík 2001
),
Finland
(Jakovlev 2014),
Sweden
(
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
), Russian Karelia,
Ukraine
and Siberia (
Zaitzev 2003
); it is here reported for the first time from
Romania
. Immature stages are unknown, but most likely it is a forest associated species. In Fennoscandia, this species is observed from both nemoral and north boreal vegetation zones (
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
, J. Jakovlev pers. comm.). However, the species may consist of 2 taxa, proper
S. rufilatera
sensu Edwards
and an undescribed taxon sensu
Zaitzev (2003)
(P.J. Chandler, pers. comm.).