Mocyta fungi (Gravenhorst, 1806)

CANADA: ALBERTA: 8 km southeast of Sherwood Park, NE 7 Twp., 53°31’N, 113°19’W, 31.VIII.2003, J. Klimaszewski, aspen forest, (1f, LFC; 10, LFC). BRITISH COLUMBIA: Wynndel, Kootenay Lake, 14.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU); near Cherryville at Monashee Summit, 1100-1200 m, 8.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, MZLU) ; near Mabel Lake at Squaw Valley, 4.VIII.1982, 5.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (2f, MZLU) ; 15 km east Denver, Zincton Summit, 13.VIII.1982, R. Baranowski, (1f, LFC) .

This adventive, Palaearctic species is newly recorded from Alberta and British Columbia. It is widely distributed across Europe, North Africa, and Asia (Smetana 2004). It is found in fungi, litter (mainly deciduous), rotten wood, in mosses, and in decaying plants (Burakowski et al. 1981).