Phronia signata Winnertz, 1863**

Jakovlev, Jevgeni, Salmela, Jukka, Polevoi, Alexei, Penttinen, Jouni & Vartija, Noora-Annukka, 2014, Recent noteworthy findings of fungus gnats from Finland and northwestern Russia (Diptera: Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae and Mycetophilidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 2, pp. 1068-1068 : 1068

Phronia signata Winnertz, 1863**

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. Polevoi; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: 3 km NW of Sheltozero; decimalLatitude: 61.393; decimalLongitude: 35.308; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweep netting; eventDate: 2004-7-13; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. Polevoi; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: Tambitsy, Kaskosel'ga; decimalLatitude: 62.242; decimalLongitude: 35.492; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Sweep netting; eventDate: 2013-8-28; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP

Distribution

Palaearctic. Widely distributed in Europe and East Russia ( Chandler 2004, Zaitzev 2003). In Fennoscandia known from Finland ( Hackman 1980), Norway ( Gammelmo and Søli 2006) and Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007). New to the Republic of Karelia.

Ecology

The Karelian specimens were collected in Vaccinium myrtillus type spruce dominated forests. Immature stages are unknown.