Exechiopsis (Exechiopsis) hammi (Edwards, 1925)

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

Exechiopsis (Exechiopsis) hammi (Edwards, 1925)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: MYCE-JS-2013-0295 ; recordedBy: J. Ilmonen; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Finland; stateProvince: Nylandia; municipality: Espoo; locality: Matalajaervi ; decimalLatitude: 60.247; decimalLongitude: 24.687; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2012-8-23/10-20; habitat: swampy lake shore; Record Level: institutionCode: JES

Distribution

Palaearctic, rather widely distributed in Europe ( Chandler 2004). In Fennoscandia recorded from Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russian Karelia ( Hackman 1980, Polevoi 2000, Zaitzev 2003, Kjaerandsen et al. 2007). In Finland only known from the southern parts of the country.

Ecology

Immature stages are unknown, hibernating adults have been observed in caves in Norway ( Kjaerandsen 1993). In Finland collected from old-growth forests, burnt forests, herb-rich forests and from a swampy lake shore ( Matalajärvi).

Conservation

Red-listed (NT) in Finland ( Penttinen et al. 2010).