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.