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 Mycetophila biformis Maximova, 2002*** Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: M. Tietaevaeinen et al. ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: 5 km N of Tolvojarvi; decimalLatitude: 62.318 ; decimalLongitude: 31.436 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1999-6-22/30 ; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: MYCE-JS-2013-0138 ; recordedBy: J. Salmela ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Lapponia kemensis pars orientalis; verbatimLocality: Savukoski, Toermaeoja ; decimalLatitude: 67.835 ; decimalLongitude: 29.454 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2012-7-10/8-16 ; habitat: headwater stream, old-growth boreal forest; Record Level: institutionCode: JES Distribution Palaearctic. Described from West Siberia ( Maximova 2002 ), no other previous records were known. New to Europe, Finland and the Republic of Karelia. Ecology The Karelian specimen was collected in Vaccinium myrtillus type sprucedominated forest. The Finnish sampling site is a headwater stream surrounded by old-growth boreal forest. Immature stages are unknown. Taxon discussion Mycetophila biformis Maximova, 2002 is a junior primary homonym of Mycetophila biformis Duret, 1992. A replacement name will be given by the author in the near future (Yu. Maximova, pers. comm.).