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 lobulata Zaitzev, 1999*
Materials
Type status:
Other material
. Occurrence: recordedBy:
J.Penttinen
; individualCount:
1
; sex:
male
; Location: country:
Finland
; stateProvince: Regio
aboensis
; municipality:
Pernioe
; locality:
Matilda
; decimalLatitude:
60.329
; decimalLongitude:
23.670
; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Penttinen; Event: samplingProtocol:
Malaise trap
; eventDate:
2009-8-15/9-15
; habitat: Semi-natural forest with lime; Record Level: institutionCode:
JPJ
Distribution
Palaearctic. The species was described from Russia (European part and Far East,
Zaitzev 1999
) and has been later found from southern Sweden (
Kurina et al. 2004
). No previous records from Finland.
Ecology
In Sweden collected from a mixed forest (
Kurina et al. 2004
), the Finnish sampling site is a herb-rich forest in the hemiboreal zone. Saproxylic, larvae were found in a bracket fungus (
Inonotus
sp;
Zaitzev 1999
,
Zaitzev 2003
).