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, 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
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 (6), 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: 43 collections including 90 occurrences