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 Macrocera crassicornis Winnertz, 1864* Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Jakovlev and J.Penttinen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Tavastia australis; municipality: Lammi; locality: Evo_Kotinen_Aspen part ; decimalLatitude: 61.244 ; decimalLongitude: 25.067 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Jakovlev; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from soil ; eventDate: 2006-8-3/8-30 ; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode: JJH Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Jakovlev and J.Penttinen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Tavastia borealis; municipality: Saarijaervi ; locality: Pyhae-Haekki National Park ; decimalLatitude: 62.836 ; decimalLongitude: 25.473 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Jakovlev; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from dead spruce log ; eventDate: 2006-8-3/8-30 ; habitat: old-growth forest, Myrtillus type; Record Level: institutionCode: JJH Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Jakovlev and J.Penttinen ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Tavastia borealis; municipality: Saarijaervi ; locality: Pyhae-Haekki National Park ; decimalLatitude: 62.836 ; decimalLongitude: 25.473 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Jakovlev; Event: samplingProtocol: Reared from dead pine wood ; eventDate: 2006-8-3/8-30 ; habitat: old-growth forest, Myrtillus type; Record Level: institutionCode: JJH Distribution Palaearctic. Macrocera crassicornis (Fig. 6) has a rather wide range in central and southern Europe, also known from Near East and North Africa ( Chandler 2004 , Zaitzev 1994 ). Included in the Finnish Red List assessment ( Penttinen et al. 2010 ), here formally reported as new for Finland. Ecology Reared from soil and dead coniferous wood. Finnish collecting sites are old-growth spruce dominated forests situated in the south boreal vegetation zone. Conservation Threatened fungus gnat species in Finland (VU, Penttinen et al. 2010 ).