The Nature LibraryEN·ES
iNat·993471SpeciesInsecta11 field observations
  1. Animals
  2. ›Arthropods
  3. ›Hexapods
  4. ›Insects
  5. ›Winged and Once-winged Insects
  6. ›Flies
  7. ›Nematoceran Flies
  8. ›Gnats and Allies
  9. ›Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges
  10. ›Predatory Fungus Gnats
  11. ›Keroplatinae
  12. ›Keroplatini
  13. ›Keroplatus
Keroplatus testaceus
Plate 1 of 1. (c) janet graham, some rights reserved (CC BY) · via iNaturalist

Keroplatus testaceus

Keroplatus testaceus is a species of fungus gnats belonging to the family Keroplatidae.

It is native to Eurasia. Hans-Jürgen Stammer discovered that the larvae and pupae are bioluminescent, and attributed the light production to the fat body.

Continue reading on Wikipedia
§·

Listen

Looking for field recordings…

§·

Where it lives

Recorded sightings

—

geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.

§·

In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Keroplatus testaceus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 993471.