Keroplatidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sciaroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Nematocera Infraordo: Bibionomorpha Superfamilia: Sciaroidea

Familia: Keroplatidae
Subfamiliae (4): Arachnocampinae - Keroplatinae - Macrocerinae - Sciarokeroplatinae

Overview of genera (83)

Amerikeroplatus – Angazidzia – Antlemon – Antriadophila – Arachnocampa – Asindulum – Asynaphleba – Bisubcosta – Bolitophila – Burmacrocera – Cerotelion – Chetoneura – Chiasmoneura – Chiasmoneurella – Cloeophoromyia – Ctenoceridion – Dimorphelia – Dolichodactyla – Euceroplatus – Hesperodes – Heteropterna – Hikanoptilon – Isoneuromyia – Keroplatus – Kibaleana – Langkawiana – Lapyruta – Laurypta – Lutarpya – Lutarpyella – Lyprauta – Maborfelia – Macrocera – Macrorrhyncha – Mallochinus – Manota – Micrapemon – Micrepimera – Micromacrocera – Monocentrota – Nauarchia – Neoantlemon – Neoceroplatus – Neoditomyia – Neoplatyura – Nicholsonomyia – Orfelia – Paleoplatyura – Paracerotelion – Paramacrocera – Placoceratias – Planarivora – Platyceridion – Platyroptilon – Platyura – Plautyra – Proceroplatus – Pseudoplatyura – Pyratula – Pyrtaula – Pyrtulina – Ralytupa – Rhynchoplatyura – Rhynchorfelia – Robsonomyia – Rofelia – Rutylapa – Rypatula – Schizocyttara – Sciarokeroplatus – Setostylus – Srilankana – Tamborinea – Taulyrpa – Tergostylus – Tolletia – Trigemma – Truplaya – Tylparua – Urytalpa – Vockerothia – Xenokeroplatus – Xenoplatyura

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist, minus (1) Mycetophila
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Check (3): Calusamyia – Pseudochetoneura – Terocelion

Name

Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856

References

Rondani, C. 1856. Dipterologiae Italicae prodromus. Vol: I. Genera Italica ordinis dipterorum ordinatum disposita et distinct et in familias et stirpes aggregate. Parma, 226 + [2] pp. BHL Reference page.
Chandler, P.J. 2009. The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six new species. Pp. 450–506. in: Cerretti, P., Mason, F., Minelli, A., Nardi, G. & Whitmore, D. (eds) Research on the terrestrial arthropods of Sardinia (Italy). Zootaxa 2318: 1–602. Abstract & excerpt. PDF. Reference page.
Falaschi, R.L. 2016. FAMILY KEROPLATIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 56–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.11. Reference page.
Fitzgerald, S.J. 2019. A curious new genus of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Guatemala. Zootaxa 4586(2): 383–390. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.11 Reference page.
Hutson A.M., Ackland D.M. & Kidd L.N. 1980: Mycetophilidae (Bolitophilinae, Ditomyiinae, Diadocidiinae, Keroplatinae, Sciophilinae and Manotinae). Diptera, Nematocera. Handbooks for the identification of British insects, 9: 1–111.
Kurina, O., Mantič, M. & Ševčík, J. 2017. A remarkable new genus of Keroplatidae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Afrotropical region, with DNA sequence data. African Invertebrates 58(1): 93–105. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr..12655. Reference page.
Matile L. 1990: Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, Sér. A, Zoologie 148: 1–654.
Papp, L.; Merz, B.; Földvári, M. 2006: Diptera of Thailand. A summary of the families and genera with references to the species representations. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 52(2): 97–269. PDF
Papp L. & Ševčík J. 2005: Sciarokeroplatinae, a new subfamily of Keroplatidae (Diptera). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51: 113–123.
Søli G.E.E., Vockeroth J.R. & Matile L. 2000: A.4. Families of Sciaroidea. In Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds): Manual of Palaearctic Diptera. Appendix. Science Herald, Budapest, pp. 49–92.

Vernacular names

suomi: Petosienisääsket
日本語: ツノキノコバエ科