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.).