01713nas a2200169 4500008004100000245010600041210006900147520114600216653002001362653001701382653001401399653001601413100001701429700001601446700003201462856004901494 2018 eng d00aFocusing on Keroplatus nipponicus Okada, 1938 (Diptera: Mycetophiloidea: Keroplatidae) and Its Adults0 aFocusing on Keroplatus nipponicus Okada 1938 Diptera Mycetophilo3 a

Of the 27 Keroplatus species described worldwide only fi ve are known to possess luminescent larvae. The role of their blue lights, the biochemistry of the reaction and its control as well as the phylogeny of keroplatids are all aspects that are still largely incompletely understood, a consequence no doubt of the rarity of those species with luminescent larvae. Some larvae of the luminescent fungus gnat Keroplatus nipponicus were collected on the Japanese Pacific island Hachijojima and at a length of around 17 mm three turned into pupae. Physical damage to the cocoon during its construction was not repaired by the larva. At an environmental temperature of around 28 °C two adults eclosed after a pupal phase that lasted only 3 days. The male was slightly shorter and slimmer than the female (7.06 versus 7.36 mm), had larger eyes and signifi cantly more plumose antennae. It was also noticeably more active than the female that it was attempting to copulate with. Both male and female died three days after eclosion, but the female laid 306 black spherical eggs of a diameter of 0.4 mm on her last day.

10aBioluminescence10afungus gnats10aglowworms10aHachijojima1 aFang, Hua-Te1 aOba, Yuichi1 aMeyer-Rochow, Victor, Benno uhttps://sciaroidea.myspecies.info/node/5742701502nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245013200055210006900187260001600256300001000272490000900282520093000291100002001221856011501241 2018 eng d a1175-532600aNew species of Heteropterna Skuse and Keroplatus Bosc (Diptera: Keroplatidae) become the second records of this family for Cuba0 aNew species of Heteropterna Skuse and Keroplatus Bosc Diptera Ke cAug-08-2019 a57-680 v44613 a

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.

1 aMenderos, Jorge uhttps://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4461.1https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4461.1.3