Urytalpa atriceps (Edwards, 1913)*

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

Urytalpa atriceps (Edwards, 1913)*

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: J.Penttinen; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Finland; stateProvince: Savonia australis; municipality: Rantasalmi; locality: Linnansaari ; decimalLatitude: 62.116; decimalLongitude: 28.477; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J.Penttinen; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2008-7-25/9-4; habitat: old-growth forest, herb-rich type; Record Level: institutionCode: JPJ

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: DIPT-JS-2014-0036 ; recordedBy: J. Salmela; T. Hietajärvi; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Finland; stateProvince: Regio kuusamoensis; verbatimLocality: Salla, Kuntasjoki, Värriö Strict Nature Reserve; verbatimElevation: 320 m; decimalLatitude: 67.749; decimalLongitude: 29.617; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: J. Salmela; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap; eventDate: 2013; verbatimEventDate: 2013-6-29/7-29; habitat: headwater stream, old-growth boreal forest; Record Level: institutionCode: JES

Distribution

European. Known from England, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2009). Reported here formally as a new species for Finland.

Ecology

Immature stages are unknown. Linnansaari (south boreal zone) is a lush semi-dry herb-rich forest with human influence (most likely former slash-and-burn forest) where aspen is in many parts the dominant tree species with lime, birch and spruce. Collecting site in Salla (north boreal zone) is a luxuriant headwater stream with swampy margings, surrounded by pristine spruce forest.

Conservation

Red-listed in Finland (DD, Penttinen et al. 2010) and Sweden (NT, Cederberg et al. 2010).