Published April 2, 2014 | Version v1
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Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae)

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

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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: Mycomya shewelli Väisänen, 1984, M. thula Väisänen, 1984, Acnemia trifida Zaitzev, 1982, Coelosia gracilis Johannsen, 1912, Orfelia krivosheinae Zaitzev, 1994, Mycetophila biformis Maximova, 2002, M. monstera Maximova, 2002, M. uschaica Subbotina & Maximova, 2011 and Trichonta palustris Maximova, 2002.

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