@article {60586, title = {Two new species of Heteropterna Skuse, 1888 (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from China}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4985}, year = {2021}, month = {Jun-14-2021}, pages = {277-284}, abstract = {

Two new species of Heteroptera (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Keroplatinae), H. cuneata sp. n. and H. fanjingshana sp. n. are described from Guizhou, China. Key to adult males of Heteropterna from China is given. Habitus images of adults and morphological structures are provided.

}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.11}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4985.2.11}, author = {Wang, Qingyun and Qi, Lei and Wu, Hong and Huang, Junhao} } @article {60569, title = {A new species of Chetoneura Colless from Borneo (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {5104}, year = {2022}, month = {1 Mar. 2022}, pages = {593{\textendash}599}, chapter = {593}, abstract = {

A new species of Keroplatidae\—Chetoneura lagangŠµnsis sp. n. from Lagang cave in Sarawak, Borneo is described
and illustrated based on a single male specimen. An identification key to the species of the genus Chetoneura Colless
is provided. A distribution map of the five known species of Chetoneura is presented\—Ch. cavernae Colless, Ch.
shennonggongensis Amorim \& Niu, Ch. oligoradiata (Papp), Ch. davidi \Šev{\v c}\ík, Hippa \& Burdikov\á and Ch. lagangensis
Kazandzhieva \& Bechev, sp. n.

}, keywords = {Borneo, identification key, new species, Oriental region, predaceous fungus gnats}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.9}, url = {https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5104.4.9}, author = {Kazandzhieva, Svetlozara and Bechev, Dimitar} } @article {57393, title = {A new species of Setostylus Matile and new records of Setostylus bellulus~(Williston) (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4722}, year = {2020}, pages = {084{\textendash}090}, abstract = {

Setostylus xoxo spec. nov., is described and illustrated from Morelos, Mexico and southern Arizona, USA and is compared with similar Neotropical congeners. Additionally, the first records of Setostylus bellulus (Williston) are provided from Guatemala and Costa Rica and an updated key to the New World species of Setostylus is presented.

}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4722.110.11646/zootaxa.4722.1.8}, url = {https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4722.1https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4722.1.8}, author = {Huerta, Heron and Fitzgerald, Scott J.} } @article {57312, title = {A Revision of the Holarctic Genus Rocetelion Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4648}, year = {2019}, pages = {568-580}, abstract = {

The Holarctic genus Rocetelion Matile is revised and three species are recognized; R. fenestrale (Fisher), R. fasciola (Coquillett), and R. humerale (Zetterstedt). Rocetelion fasciatum (Garrett) is proposed as a new junior synonym of R. fasciola. A new key, photographs of all species, and characters of the male and female terminalia are provided. The presence/absence of an antennal apicule was found to vary intraspecifically, thus making this character unreliable for distinguishing species in this genus.

}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4648.3.10}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4648.3.10}, author = {Fitzgerald, Scott J.} } @article {57300, title = {A new species and the first record of the genus Micrapemon Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Mexico}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4604}, year = {2019}, pages = {539{\textendash}548}, abstract = {

The first record of the genus Micrapemon Edwards from Mexico is presented, with the description and illustration of a new species, Micrapemon maya spec. nov., based on adult males collected with Malaise traps from Yucatan (natural reserves of Ria Celestun and Ria Lagartos). The new species from Mexico is compared with the two previously known species from the Neotropical region, Micrapemon majusculum (Edwards) and Micrapemon parvum (Williston). A key is included to the species of the genus.

}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4604.310.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.9}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4604.3https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4604.3.9}, author = {Huerta, Heron} } @article {57298, title = {A curious new genus of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Guatemala~}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = { 4586}, year = {2019}, pages = {383{\textendash}390 }, abstract = {

Amerikeroplatus dimorphicus n. gen. et n. sp. is described from Guatemala and compared with the similar Keroplatini genera Pseudochetoneura \Šev{\v c}\ík and Asiokeroplatus \Šev{\v c}\ík. The new genus is distinctive because it lacks the typical fusion of M and R (radiomedial fusion, RS+M) which is found in all but a few species-poor, and apparently unrelated, genera of keroplatids. Also unusual is the absence of vein R2+3 and the strong sexual dimorphism in the thorax; males are dark brown and females bright orange.

}, keywords = {biodiversity, Neotropics, new species, Taxonomy}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4586.210.11646/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4586.2.11}, author = {Fitzgerald, Scott J.} } @article {56855, title = {New species of Heteropterna Skuse and Keroplatus Bosc (Diptera: Keroplatidae) become the second records of this family for Cuba}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4461}, year = {2018}, month = {Aug-08-2019}, pages = {57-68}, abstract = {

Two new species of Keroplatini (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Keroplatinae), Heteropterna (Heteropterna) garae n. sp. and Keroplatus maxi n. sp. are described from Cuba, the second record of the family from this territory since Matile\’s paper in 1977. Heteropterna garae n. sp. is characterized by the last three flagellomeres being a silvery white colour (the last with a light brown apical border), the wings with a distinct colour pattern, and the unique shape of the terminalia and gonostylus. Keroplatus maxi n. sp. is principally yellow with almost no marks except for the particular pattern of stripes on the dorsal part of thorax. The wings have a slight pale yellowish tint with no pattern of coloured spots, and the gonostylus is characteristically shaped. A key to Neotropical Heteropterna and Keroplatus species is provided.

}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4461.110.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.3}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4461.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4461.1.3}, author = {Menderos, Jorge} } @article {48316, title = {New Afrotropical and Oriental species of Micrepimera Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {3128}, year = {2011}, pages = {58-66}, abstract = {Two new species of Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae: Macrocerinae), Micrepimera berentiana sp. n. and M. pandastica sp. n., are described from southern Madagascar and northern Vietnam, respectively. This is the first record of this tribe in the Afrotropical region and from mainland Asia. Both the new species differ from M. punctipennis Matile (described from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean) mainly in wing coloration, structure of antennae, and details of the male terminalia. }, keywords = {Afrotropical region, fungus gnats, Macrocerinae, Oriental region, Robsonomyiini, Sciaroidea}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k and Papp, Laszlo} } @article {43878, title = {Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp. n. from Malaysia and its systematic position in the tribe Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2221}, year = {2009}, pages = {58-66}, abstract = {A new genus and species of Keroplatidae (Diptera), Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp.n., is described and its systematic position is discussed. The description is based on a male collected at Langkawi Island (Malaysia). Diagnostic characters of the new genus are as follows: the absence of ocelli, membraneous area around cerebral sclerite continues behind compound eyes, both orbital sclerite and frons well developed, short palpomeres, wings with dark bands, relatively long radio-median fusion, tibial trichia arranged in regular rows, reduced spurs on mid and hind tibia, and details on male terminalia. A new phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Robsonomyiini is proposed and a key to genera is presented.}, keywords = {fungus gnats, Keroplatidae, Macrocerinae, Oriental region, Robsonomyiini, Sciaroidea}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Sevcik_2009_Langkawiana.pdf}, author = {Jan {\v S}ev{\v c}{\'\i}k} } @article {43821, title = {On the genus Urytalpa Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) in the Nordic and Nearctic regions, with fixation of a new type species and a key to world males}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {2160}, year = {2009}, pages = {29-50}, abstract = {The five Nordic species of the genus Urytalpa Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) are revised, of which one species, Urytalpa galdes Hedmark \& Kjaerandsen, sp. n., is described as new to science based on males collected in northern Sweden. We find that the original type species assignment for Urytalpa (Platyura ochracea Meigen, 1818) is based on a misidentification, and in order to stabilize the nomenclature we therefore select a new type species, Urytalpa dorsalis (Staeger, 1840), sp. restit. A lectotype is designated for Orfelia ochracea (Meigen, 1818), comb. n. = Orfelia unicolor (Staeger, 1840), syn. n. The males of U. atriceps (Edwards, 1913), U. dorsalis, U. macrocera (Edwards, 1913) and U. trivittata (Lundstr{\"o}m, 1914), and the females of U. dorsalis, U. macrocera and U. trivittata are described and illustrated based on Nordic material. As the first known Nearctic representative of Urytalpa, U. nigrita (Johannsen, 1910), comb. n., known from western USA (Washington) and Canada, is transferred from Pyrtaula to Urytalpa, illustrated and compared with the closely related U. rhapsodica Chandler, 1995 from central Europe. A key to all known males is provided. The generic limits of Urytalpa as presently understood are vague in relation to related genera and the genus is in need of a revision.}, keywords = {new combination, new species, new synonym, Nordic revision, Orfeliini}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Kjaerandsen_etal_zt02160p050.pdf}, author = {Kj{\ae}randsen, Jostein and Martinsson, Svante and Hedmark, Kjell and Evenhuis, Neal L.} } @article {26904, title = {The first keroplatid (Diptera: Keroplatidae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1816}, year = {2008}, pages = {57-60}, url = {http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01816p060.pdf}, author = {Solorzano Kraemer, Monica M. and Evenhuis, Neal L.} } @article {26784, title = {Chetoneura shennonggongensis, a new species of cave-dwelling Keroplatini from China (Diptera : Keroplatidae), with a discussion of the position of Chetoneura}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1716}, year = {2008}, pages = {59-68}, abstract = {Chetoneura shennonggongensis Amorim \& Niu, sp. n., inhabiting caves in East China, is described based on the adult male and female, plus larva. Chetoneura Colless, previously associated with Orfelia and known from a single species from caves in Malaysia, is formally transferred to the Keroplatini. This is the first description of the larva and of the general biology of the genus. The larva of this new species is suspended in a roughly horizontal hammock of silken threads amidst mucous coated snare threads from the roof of caves, but is not bioluminescent as some species of other genera in Keroplatidae ( e. g., Arachnocampa, Keroplatus, and Orfelia). A key to separate both species of the genus is provided. The position of the genus within the Keroplatini is considered. Chetoneura is considered to be closely related to a clade containing Heteropterna and Ctenoceridion.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\&Niu_2008_Zootaxa1716.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Niu, C. and Li, X. Z. and Lei, C. L. and Clarke, A. K.} } @article {26786, title = {Four new species of Isoneuromyia from China (Diptera : Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1423}, number = {1423}, year = {2007}, pages = {51-57}, abstract = {Four new species of the genus Isoneuromyia Brunetti are described from China: I. sinica Xu, Cao et Evenhuis, n. sp; I. completa Xu, Cao et Evenhuis, n. sp; I. singulus Xu, Cao et Evenhuis, n. sp; I. wolongensis Xu, Cao et Evenhuis, n. sp. Another species, I. semirufa (Meigen) is newly recorded from Zhejiang province in China. A key to Chinese species of Isoneuromyia is given.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Xu_et_al_2007_Isoneromyia_sp_n_China.pdf}, author = {Xu, H. C. and Cao, J. A. and Wu, H. and Evenhuis, N. L. and Zhou, Z. J.} } @article {26798, title = {First record of the genus Xenoplatyura Malloch, 1928 from China, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1465}, year = {2007}, pages = {31-38}, abstract = {Three new species of the genus Xenoplatyura Malloch are described from China: X. sichuanensis Cao et Xu, n. sp.; X. lata Cao et Xu, n. sp.; X. bifida Cao et Xu, n. sp.. Another species, X. octosegmentata Brunetti is newly recorded in China. A key to Chinese species of Xenoplatyura is given.}, author = {Jian Cao and Zuji Zhou and Xu, Hua Chao and Wu, Hong} } @article {26782, title = {Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the genus}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1676}, year = {2008}, pages = {29-36}, abstract = {Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. from southwest Asiatic Turkey is described and illustrated. Platyura maritima Becker is transferred to Urytalpa based on examination of the type specimen. A key to the Western Palaearctic species of Urytalpa is provided.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Bechev\&Kos_Zootaxa1676.pdf}, author = {Bechev, Dimitar and Koc, Hasan} } @article {23917, title = {Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1535}, year = {2007}, month = {30/07/2007}, pages = {1-92}, abstract = {A phylogenetic analysis of the Mycetophiliformia (= Sciaroidea) was performed to determine the relationships among its families and to place the following genera of uncertain position in the system: Heterotricha, Ohakunea, Colonomyia, Freemanomyia, Rhynchoheterotricha, Chiletricha, Afrotricha, Anisotricha, Kenyatricha, Nepaletricha, Sciarosoma, Sciaropota, Insulatricha, Cabamofa, Rogambara, and Starkomyia. Eratomyia n. gen. is described based on a new species from Ecuador. Colonomyia brasiliana sp.n. and Colonomyia freemani sp.n. are described respectively from southern Brazil and Chile. The male of Cabamofa mira Jaschhof is described for the first time. A total of 64 terminal taxa and 137 transformation series (with 202 characters) were included in the data matrix, with a number of new features from thoracic morphology. Willi Hennig{\textquoteright}s 1973 system for the higher Bibionomorpha was adopted using the name Mycetophiliformia for the Sciaroidea. The Mycetophiliformia are monophyletic. The family Cecidomyiidae appears as the sister group of the remaining Mycetophiliformia, followed by the Sciaridae. In the preferred topology, the Rangomaramidae appear as the group sister of a clade consisting of (Ditomyiidae + Bolitophilidae + Diadocidiidae + Keroplatidae) and of (Lygistorrhinidae + Mycetophilidae). The topology within the Rangomaramidae is (Chiletrichinae subfam. n. (Heterotrichinae subfam. n. ((Rangomaraminae + Ohakuneinae subfam. n.))). Te Chiletrichinae include the genera Kenyatricha, Rhynchoheterotricha, Insulatricha, Chiletricha, and Eratomyia n. gen. Heterotrichinae and Rangomaraminae are monotypic. The subfamily Ohakuneinae includes Ohakunea, Colonomyia, Cabamofa, and Rogambara. The positions of Freemanomyia, Loicia, Taxicnemis, Sciaropota, Starkomyia, Anisotricha, Nepaletricha, and Sciarosoma are considered. Afrotricha might belong to the Sciaridae. The similarities used by many authors to gather the Sciaridae and Mycetophilidae in a clade are shown to be a combination of plesiomorphies and homoplasies.}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Amorim\&Rindal2007_Zootaxa_1535.pdf}, author = {Amorim, Dalton de Sousa and Rindal, Eirik} } @article {23884, title = {Phylogeny of the Sciaroidea (Diptera): the implication of additional taxa and character data}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {20}, year = {2006}, note = {Using Smart Source ParsingFeb 1132}, pages = {63-68}, abstract = {A cladistic analysis of the extant Sciaroidea was made, using re-evaluated morphological characters, with some additional taxa and with or without the Mesozoic Mesosciophilidae in the ingroup. When the new data were incorporated, the conflict between our earlier phylogenies, with extant taxa only and with both extant and fossil taxa in the ingroup, was resolved. The present result is similar to the one we reached earlier with extant + fossil taxa, which showed the Cecidomyiidae as the sister group of all other Sciaroidea, instead of the Cecidomyiidae appearing as the sister group of the Mycetophilidae + Sciaridae. In the new hypothesis, the main clades of the Sciaroidea outside the Cecidomyiidae were as follows: Ditomyiidae + ( Diadocidiidae + (( Keroplatidae + ((( Bolitophilidae + (((( Mesosciophila + ((((( Starkomyia + rest of Sciaroidea))))). The placement of the recently described, enigmatic New Zealand genus Starkomyia Jaschhof was similar regardless of whether the fossil Mesosciophilidae were included in the analysis or not. The two still-undescribed Neotropical taxa that we included fell in the Rangomaraminae clade within the Sciaridae. Unlike our earlier result with extant taxa only, and similar to our extant + fossil result, the Ohakunea + Colonomyia clade now appears as the sister group of the Mycetophilidae-Lygistorrhinidae-Sciaridae lineage.}, keywords = {Insecta, Nematocera : Diptera}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Hippa_\&_Wilkamaa_2006_Scioroidea_phylogeny.pdf}, author = {Hippa, Heikki and Vilkamaa, Pekka} } @article {23894, title = {New species of Isoneuromyia Brunetti (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Oriental Region}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {6}, year = {2006}, note = {Using Smart Source ParsingMar 1140}, pages = {1-29}, abstract = {Thirteen new species of the keroplatid genus Isoneuromyia Brunetti from the Oriental Region are described and illustrated. These include the following: I. brunettii, n. sp. (Laos); I. flava, n. sp. (Borneo); I. glabra, n. sp. (Laos); I. jata, n. sp. (Borneo); I. matilei, n. sp. (Borneo); I. nigerrima, n. sp. (Laos); I. nigribasis, n. sp. (Laos); I. pallidopsis, n. sp. (Sulawesi); I. splendida, n. sp. (Laos); I. subapicalis, n. sp. (Laos); I. tannia, n. sp. (Borneo); I. variabilis, n. sp. (Laos); I. yorki, n. sp. (Vietnam). The Taiwanese I. annandalei formosana (Okada) is here raised to full species, n. stat. The Sri Lankan species Orfelia (Isoneuromyia) ventosa Sivec \& Plassmann is transferred to Neoplatyura. A key to Oriental species is given.}, keywords = {Diagnostic characters, Isoneuromyia annandalei form. formosana ( Okada 1938 ) ( Keroplatidae ), Isoneuromyia Brunetti 1912 ( Keroplatidae ), Isoneuromyia brunettii, Isoneuromyia formosana, Key to species, Oriental region, p. 28, Raised to}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Evenhuis_2005_Isoneuromyia_n_sp.pdf}, author = {Evenhuis, Neal L.} } @article {23412, title = {First record of the tribe Keroplatini from China, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1497}, year = {2007}, pages = {35-40}, abstract = {This is the first report of the tribe Keroplatini in China. Two new species are described: Platyroptilon wui, Cao, Xu et Evenhuis, n. sp. and Setostylus chinensis Cao, Evenhuis et Zhou n. sp. Another species, Heteropterna septemtrionalis (Okada), is newly recorded in China.}, keywords = {China, Keroplatidae, Keroplatini, new species}, url = {http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/2000_/Xu_et_al_2007_Keroplatini_China_n_sp.pdf}, author = {Xu, Hua Chao and Jian Cao and Zuji Zhou and Wu, Hong and Zhiwei Huang} }