Synplasta rufilatera ( Edwards, 1941 )

Kolcsár, Levente-Péter & Salmela, Jukka, 2017, New taxonomic and faunistic records of fungus gnats (Insecta, Diptera) from Montenegro, Romania, and Serbia, Check List 13 (5), pp. 533-559 : 545

Synplasta rufilatera ( Edwards, 1941)

Material examined. Figure 1. Romania: Cluj-Nap- oca, Cartierul Mănăștur, hornbeam-beech forest near the city, 434 m a.s.l. 46.7497° N, 023.5467° E, 16 May 2014, Kolcsár L.-P. leg., 1 male, DIPT-JS-2016-0273.

This rare and poorly known European species was described from Great Britain ( Edwards 1941, as Rhymosia ) and was later recorded only from Poland ( Zatwarnicki 2001, as Allodiopsis ), Germany ( Ševčík 2001), Finland (Jakovlev 2014), Sweden ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007), Russian Karelia, Ukraine and Siberia ( Zaitzev 2003); it is here reported for the first time from Romania. Immature stages are unknown, but most likely it is a forest associated species. In Fennoscandia, this species is observed from both nemoral and north boreal vegetation zones ( Kjaerandsen et al. 2007, J. Jakovlev pers. comm.). However, the species may consist of 2 taxa, proper S. rufilatera sensu Edwards and an undescribed taxon sensu Zaitzev (2003) (P.J. Chandler, pers. comm.).