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 Mycomya (Mycomya) thula Vaeisaenen , 1984*** Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: MYCE-JS-2012-0071 ; recordedBy: J. Salmela ; individualCount: 3 ; sex: 2 males , 1 female ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis; verbatimLocality: Savukoski, Joutenoja; decimalLatitude: 67.821 ; decimalLongitude: 29.440 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2012-8-16/9-18 ; habitat: headwater stream, seminatural boreal forest; Record Level: institutionCode: JES Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: MYCE-JS-2012-0006 ; recordedBy: J. Salmela ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis; verbatimLocality: Savukoski, Toermaeoja ; decimalLatitude: 67.846 ; decimalLongitude: 29.471 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2012-7-10/8-16 ; habitat: headwater stream, old-growth boreal forest; Record Level: institutionCode: JES Distribution Holarctic. The description of Mycomya thula (Fig. 8) was based on a holotype male from USA, Alaska ( Vaeisaenen 1984 ), with no further records. New for the Palaearctic region and the first record of this species from Finland. Ecology Extremely poorly known species. Finnish collecting sites are headwater streams with rich riparian vegetation, surrounded by coniferous forests. Immature stages are unknown.