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--1068
Sciophila bicuspidata Zaitzev, 1982*
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
MYCE-JS-2013-0222
; recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Ostrobothnia borealis pars borealis; verbatimLocality: Tornio,
Rakanjaenkkae
; decimalLatitude:
65.890
; decimalLongitude:
24.317
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J. Salmela
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2012-6-4
/7-2; Record Level: institutionCode:
JES
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: catalogNumber:
MYCE-JS-2013-0225
; recordedBy:
J. Salmela
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Ostrobothnia borealis pars borealis; verbatimLocality: Tornio,
Rakanjaenkkae
; decimalLatitude:
65.890
; decimalLongitude:
24.317
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy:
J. Salmela
; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2012-7-2
/8-6; Record Level: institutionCode:
JES
Distribution
Holarctic. Described from North America, based on material collected from Canada (Quebec, British Columbia) and USA (Alaska) (
Zaitzev 1982b
), also recently found from Greenland (G. Varkonyi, pers. comm.). In Europe the species has been found only in Norway (
Okland
and Zaitzev 1997
) and Russian Karelia (
Polevoi 2001a
). New for Finland.
Ecology
The collecting site is a calcareous, open spring fen, ca. 100 m from a forest edge. Immature stages are unknown.