Keroplatidae
Sign in to saveKeroplatidae is a family of small flies known as fungus gnats. About 950 species are described, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. The long-beaked fungus gnats, formerly placed in a separate family Lygistorrhinidae, have been placed into Keroplatidae as subfamily Lygistorrhininae. They are generally forest dwellers found in the damp habitats favoured by their host fungi. They can also often be found in caves. Larvae both feed on fungi and are predatory - they can spin webs by secreting acid fluids, which they use to kill smaller invertebrates and capture spores. Some of
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Vinony's link graph records 241 inbound references to Keroplatidae, and connects out to Sciomyzidae, Lygistorrhinidae and Stratiomyoidea.
It is catalogued under topics including Keroplatidae, Nematocera families and Taxa named by Camillo Rondani.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyKeroplatidae
Keroplatidae es una familia de mosquitas pequeñas de los hongos. Hay más de 1.000 especies descritas en 90 géneros, pero quedan muchas por descubrir. Generalmente habitan bosques y ambientes húmedos, a veces cuevas, donde prosperan los hongos, que son sus especies huéspedes. Se alimentan de hongos o de pequeños artrópodos que viven en los hongos. Los adultos suelen volar al atardecer o de noche. Tienen un vuelo lento y débil. Algunas especies de la tribu Orfeliini tienen colores brillantes y son mímicos de las avispas. Las larvas de Orfelia son bioluminosas. Una especie notable es Arachnocampa, cuyas larvas producen hilos sedodos bioluminosos usados para atrapar sus presas. Se encuentran en Australia y Nueva Zealanda. Larva Asindulum sp.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,307
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- 21
- Family
- Keroplatidae
- Collections
- USNM, NRM
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden
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Keroplatidae is a family of small flies known as fungus gnats. About 950 species are described, but the true number of species is undoubtedly much higher. The long-beaked fungus gnats, formerly placed in a separate family Lygistorrhinidae, have been placed into Keroplatidae as subfamily Lygistorrhininae. They are generally forest dwellers found in the damp habitats favoured by their host fungi. They can also often be found in caves. Larvae both feed on fungi and are predatory - they can spin webs by secreting acid fluids, which they use to kill smaller invertebrates and capture spores. Some of the predatory larvae cannibalize pupa of their own species. The family notably includes three genera containing bioluminescent larvae.
The fossil record of the family extends back into the Cretaceous, with the oldest named member, Lebanognoriste known from the Barremian aged Lebanese amber, other Cretaceous species are known from the Spanish, Burmese, Bezonnais, Taimyr and Canadian ambers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Keroplatidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.