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
Stigmatomeria obscura (Winnertz, 1864)
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
DIPT-JS-2015-0183
; recordedBy:
J.
Kahanpaeae
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Lapponia enontekiensis; verbatimLocality:
Enontekioe
,
Kilpisjaervi
, Saana; verbatimLatitude: 69.0480; verbatimLongitude: 20.8072; verbatimCoordinateSystem: decimal degrees; verbatimSRS: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; Event: samplingProtocol:
sweep net
; eventDate:
2014-7-1
; habitat: road side, mountain birch forest; Record Level: institutionCode:
JES
Distribution
European, but likely to have wide Palaearctic range (
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007b
). The species was described from Germany (
Winnertz 1864
), but was later tentatively considered as a junior synonym of
S. crassicornis
(Stannius) by Tuomikoski (
Tuomikoski 1966
). However, status of
S. obscura
as a valid species was recently reinstated (), and the species is known to occur in Germany, Sweden (
Skane
) (
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007b
) and Norway (Kongsvoll) (
Soli
and Kjaerandsen 2008
). The Finnish locality is in NW Lapland,
Kilpisjaervi
, belonging to the Caledonian mountain range.
Ecology
Immature stages are unknown. The Finnish locality was a road-side in a mountain birch forest, close to Saana fell.