Keroplatus is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. Several species are known to be bioluminescent.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Keroplatidae |
| Subfamily: | Keroplatinae |
| Genus: | Keroplatus Bosc, 1792 |
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Selected Species edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 edit
- 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.
External links edit
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