Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae)

Jevgeni Jakovlev; Jukka Salmela; Alexei Polevoi; Jouni Penttinen; Noora-Annukka Vartija

doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e1068

Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae)

Biodivers Data J. 2014 Apr 2:(2):e1068. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e1068. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Jevgeni Jakovlev¹, Jukka Salmela², Alexei Polevoi³, Jouni Penttinen⁴, Noora-Annukka Vartija⁵

Affiliations

¹ Finnish Environment Insitutute, Helsinki, Finland.
² Metsähallitus (Natural Heritage Services), Rovaniemi, Finland ; Zoological Museum, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
³ Forest Research Institute KarRC RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia.
⁴ Metsähallitus (Natural Heritage Services), Jyväskylä, Finland.
⁵ Toivakka, Myllyntie, Finland.

Abstract

New faunistic data on fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea excluding Sciaridae) from Finland and NW Russia (Karelia and Murmansk Region) are presented. A total of 64 and 34 species are reported for the first time form Finland and Russian Karelia, respectively. Nine of the species are also new for the European fauna: Mycomyashewelli Väisänen, 1984, Mycomyathula Väisänen, 1984, Acnemiatrifida Zaitzev, 1982, Coelosiagracilis Johannsen, 1912, Orfeliakrivosheinae Zaitzev, 1994, Mycetophilabiformis Maximova, 2002, Mycetophilamonstera Maximova, 2002, Mycetophilauschaica Subbotina & Maximova, 2011 and Trichontapalustris Maximova, 2002.

Keywords: Fennoscandia; Sciaroidea; faunistics.