Dynatosoma rufescens (Zetterstedt, 1838)

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

Dynatosoma rufescens (Zetterstedt, 1838)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. Polevoi; individualCount: 3; sex: male; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Republic Karelia; verbatimLocality: Valday, lake Ladozero; decimalLatitude: 63.588; decimalLongitude: 35.844; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: A. Polevoi; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2010-6-27 /8-13; Record Level: institutionCode: FRIP

Distribution

European. Known from central and northern Europe ( Chandler 2004). In Fennoscandia reported from Finland ( Hackman 1980), Norway ( Gammelmo and Søli 2006) and Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007). Earlier records from the Republic of Karelia ( Polevoi 2000) are erroneous and refer to D. silesiacum Ševčík.

Ecology

Karelian specimens were collected in Vaccinium myrtillus type spruce dominated forest. This species was reared from Laetiphorus sulphureus in Germany ( Kallweit 1990).