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In Portugal there are some species as well as in most european countries.

In general Keroplatus genus larvae usually evidence blue bioluminescence:

Keroplatidae Rondani, 1856



Jan ?evč?k1, Vladim?r Ko?el2

1Silesian Museum, Tyr?ova 1, CZ-746 01 Opava, Czech Republic; sevcikjan@email.cz

2Department of Zoology, Comenius University, Mlynsk? dolina, SK-842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia; kosel@fns.uniba.sk



Small to large (3.0-15 mm), morphologically diverse, yellowish to dark brown fungus gnats. Head with three ocelli; antenna with scape and pedicel short, flagellum with 14 segments, in some Macrocerinae very long (several times longer than body), in Keroplatinae sometimes with laterally flattened segments. Mouthparts in some genera elongated. Thorax hump-backed, legs with long coxae, abdomen usually narrow. Wings often with dark markings, wing membrane with or without macrotrichia. Sc ending in C, R and M fused for a short distance. The larvae are predaceous or mycophagous, usually associated with wood-decaying fungi. The larvae of Keroplatus Bosc, 1792 and some other genera are known for their bioluminescence. Adults occur in the undergrowth of forests, especially in shaded places alongside streams and on tree trunks, but also in meadow and steppe habitats.