Family Keroplatidae Rondani 1856 (predatory fungus gnat)

Insecta - Diptera - Keroplatidae

Alternative spelling: Ceroplatinae

Parent taxon: Sciaroidea according to V. Blagoderov et al. 2019

See also Blagoderov 2019, Enderlein 1911, Gagné 1980, Johannsen 1909, Matile 1981, Solórzano Kraemer and Evenhuis 2008 and Yeates et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Archizelmiridae, Baisepesthoneura, Bolitophila pulveris, Bolitophilidae, Burmatricha, Cecidomyiidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Mycetophilidae, Paraxymyiidae, Pleciofungivoridae, Sciara florissantensis, Sciara gurnetensis, Sciara protoberidis, Sciaridae, Sinoscatopse, Thereotricha

Subtaxa: Adamacrocerinae Keroplatinae Lygistorrhininae Macrocerinae Paleoplatyura Platyura armata Platyura calcar Platyura ceroplatites Platyura ceroplatoides Platyura crassicornis Platyura distincta Platyura ectorsii Platyura ehrhardti Platyura exigua Platyura graciosa Platyura kunowi Platyura mikii Platyura moniliformis Platyura pusilla Platyura verrali Platyurinae Vastaplatyura

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Type: Keroplatus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Tanzania (1 collection)

• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Germany (1), Mexico (10)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of China (2), France (1), Germany (1), India (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (7), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Colorado, Montana)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Manitoba), France (1), Lebanon (1), Myanmar (3), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 44 collections including 92 occurrences

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