Keroplatus

Keroplatus is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. Several species are bioluminescent.[1]

Keroplatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Genus: Keroplatus
Bosc, 1792
Species

See text

Selected Species

Some species within this genus include:

  • K. apicalis Adams, 1903
  • K. biformis Okada, 1938
  • K. carbonarius Bosc, 1803
  • K. clausus Coquillett, 1901
  • K. militaris Johannsen, 1910
  • K. nipponicus Okada, 1938
  • K. reaumurii Dufour, 1839
  • K. samiri Khalaf, 1971
  • K. terminalis Coquillett, 1905
  • K. testaceus (Dalman, 1818)
  • K. tipuloides (Bosc, 1792)[2]

References
  1. V.R. Viviani, D.T. Amaral, V.R. Bevilaqua, R.L. Falaschi (2018) Orfelia-type luciferin and its associated storage protein in the non-luminescent cave worm Neoditomyia sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Atlantic rainforest: biological and evolutionary implications. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 17: 1282-1288.
  2. Cardew, Melanie; Carrières, Evelyne (2001). "First Record of Keroplatus tipuloides (Bosc, 1792) in Luxembourg (Diptera, Nematocera, Keroplatidae)". Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb. 101: 111–116. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.


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