| Keroplatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Keroplatidae |
| Subfamily: | Keroplatinae |
| Genus: | Keroplatus Bosc, 1792 |
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Keroplatus is a genus of predatory fungus gnats in the family Keroplatidae. Several species are known to be bioluminescent.[1]
- ^ V.R. Viviani, D.T. Amaral, V.R. Bevilaqua, R.L. Falaschi (2018) Orfelia-type luciferin and its associated storage protein in the non-luminescent cave worm Neoditomyia sp. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Atlantic rainforest: biological and evolutionary implications. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 17: 1282-1288.