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...

short-lived gnats, of the families Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae, Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they comprise six...

other sheltered, wet areas. They are usually classified under the family Keroplatidae, but this is not universally accepted and some authors place them under...

threads to ensnare prey. The genus Arachnocampa belongs in the family Keroplatidae. Arachnocampa species have holometabolous metamorphosis with eggs, larvae...

"Ecology of the New Zealand Glowworm, Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera: Keroplatidae), in the Glowworm Cave, Waitomo". Journal of the Royal Society of New...

"Literature review of the New Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera: Keroplatidae) and related cave-dwelling Diptera" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist....

family Keroplatidae. The groups was long treated as a separate family, but molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown it to belong to Keroplatidae. There...

Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges) Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory fungus gnats) Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked fungus gnats)...

1919 Dixidae Schiner, 1868 - meniscus midges Hesperinidae Schiner, 1864 Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856 - predatory fungus gnats Limoniidae Rondani, 1856 - limoniid...

within the superfamily Sciaroidea such as the Mycetophilidae and some Keroplatidae feed on fungal fruiting bodies and sterile mycorrhizae. Many fungi are...