Keroplatus Bosc 1792 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Alternative spelling: Ceroplatus

Full reference: L. A. G. Bosc. 1792. Keroplatus. Actes de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1:42-43

Parent taxon: Keroplatinae according to M. Mantič et al. 2020

See also Aldrich 1905, Evenhuis 1994, Evenhuis 2006, Fabricius 1798, Johannsen 1909, Latreille 1796, Latreille 1802, Matile 1990 and Meunier 1904

Sister taxa: Antlemon, Asindulum, Keroplatini, Orfelia, Orfeliini, Proceroplatus

Subtaxa: Keroplatus major

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Klebs collection (Eocene of Russian Federation)

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