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 Exechiopsis (Xenexechia) davatchii Matile, 1969** Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: A. Polevoi ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: Shun'ga, Turastamozero; decimalLatitude: 62.56 ; decimalLongitude: 34.706 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2012-7-21/8-24 ; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP Distribution Palaearctic. Widespread in western Europe ( Chandler 2004 ) and has recently been recorded from Britain ( Chandler and Perry 2010 ). Scattered records from the Near East and East Russia ( Zaitzev 2003 , Chandler 2004 , Kurina and Sevcik 2006 ). In Fennoscandia recorded from South Finland ( Jakovlev et al. 2006 ) and Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007 ). New to the Republic of Karelia. Ecology The Karelian specimen was collected in Vaccinium myrtillus type pine dominated forest.