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
Sceptonia flavipuncta Edwards, 1925*
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
J.Penttinen
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Karelia ladogensis; municipality: Parikkala; locality:
Siikalahti
; decimalLatitude:
61.556
; decimalLongitude:
29.558
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Penttinen; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2008-7-22/9-1
; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode:
JPJ
Distribution
European. Described from Great Britain (
Edwards 1925
), later recorded from many countries in western and southern Europe (
Chandler 2004
). In Fennoscandia recorded from Russian Karelia (
Polevoi et al. 2005
), Sweden and Norway (
Kjaerandsen et al. 2007
,
Kjaerandsen 2012
). Here formally reported as new for Finland.
Ecology
The only Finnish sampling locality is a herb-rich forest. Reared from
Rhodocybe gemina
in Czech Republic (
Sevcik
2010
).
Conservation
Included in the Red List of Finnish species (NT,
Penttinen et al. 2010
).