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 Synplasta bayardi Matile, 1971* Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Jakovlev ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Finland ; stateProvince: Tavastia australis; municipality: Luopioinen; locality: Kuohijoen kalkkilehto ; decimalLatitude: 61.307 ; decimalLongitude: 24.874 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Jakovlev; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2007-4-29/6-10 ; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode: JJH Distribution European. Very rare species, described from France (as Allodiopsis bayardi , Matile 1971 ) and found later from Central Europe ( Chandler 2004 ), Russian Karelia ( Polevoi 2000 ) and Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007 ). Included in the Red List of Finnish species, here reported formally for the first time from Finland. Ecology Immature stages are unknown. Based on the ecology of related genera, the larvae of Synplasta probably develop in soft macrofungi. The Finnish collecting site is a calcareous herb-rich forest. Conservation Red-listed in Finland (VU, Penttinen et al. 2010 ).