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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...
- short-lived gnats, of the
families Sciaridae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae,
Keroplatidae, Bolitophilidae, and
Mycetophilidae (order Diptera); they
comprise six...
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other sheltered, wet areas. They are
usually classified under the
family Keroplatidae, but this is not
universally accepted and some
authors place them under...
- origins.
Glowworms belong to the
order Diptera,
specifically the
family Keroplatidae,
while fireflies are
beetles classified within the
order Coleoptera and...
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threads to
ensnare prey. The
genus Arachnocampa belongs in the
family Keroplatidae.
Arachnocampa species have
holometabolous metamorphosis with eggs, larvae...
- "Literature
review of the New
Zealand glowworm Arachnocampa luminosa (Diptera:
Keroplatidae) and
related cave-dwelling Diptera" (PDF). New
Zealand Entomologist....
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These are not
mycetophilids sensu stricto, but
belong to the
family Keroplatidae. Mycetophilids,
including some
extant genera, are well
represented in...
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Bolitophilidae Cecidomyiidae (gall midges)
Diadocidiidae Ditomyiidae Keroplatidae (predatory
fungus gnats)
Lygistorrhinidae (long-beaked
fungus gnats)...
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family Keroplatidae. The
groups was long
treated as a
separate family, but
molecular phylogenetic analysis has
shown it to
belong to
Keroplatidae. There...
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within the
superfamily Sciaroidea such as the
Mycetophilidae and some
Keroplatidae feed on
fungal fruiting bodies and
sterile mycorrhizae. Many
fungi are...
