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
Docosia expectata
Lastovka
&
Sevcik
, 2006*
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
M.Jaschhof and C.Jaschhof
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Regio
aboensis
; municipality: Turku; locality:
Ruissalo
; decimalLatitude:
60.434
; decimalLongitude:
22.272
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Jakovlev; Event: samplingProtocol:
Sweep netting
; eventDate:
2004-6-27/6-27
; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode:
JJH
Distribution
European. Known from Czech Republic, Slovakia (
Lastovka
and
Sevcik
2006
), Great Britain (
Hutson et al. 1980
, as
Docosia
sp. indet), Sweden and Germany (
Kurina et al. 2004
,
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
). New for Finland.
Ecology
The only Finnish record is from a herb-rich old-growth forest in the hemiboreal zone. Immature stages are unknown. Generally,
Docosia
larvae develope in a variety of microhabitats, including fungi, fungus infested wood, other vegetable matter and the nests of birds and mammals (
Hutson et al. 1980
).