• Platyroptilon Westwood, J.O. 1850. Diptera nonnulla exotica descripta. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 231-236 [231].

  Type species:

   Platyura miersii Westwood, 1850 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Papua New Guinea, Neotropical and Oriental Regions.

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Johannsen, O.A. 1909. Diptera. Fam. Mycetophilidae. Genera Insectorum 93: 1-141 7 pls [17] (full generic rank as Platyroptilon Westwood, 1850)

Matile, L. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 148: 1-682 [312] (generic diagnosis)

History of changes

• Platyroptilon collessi Matile, L. 1982. Présence du genre Platyroptilon dans les régions australienne et orientale, description d'une espèce nouvelle d'Australie et notes morphologiques (Dipt. Mycetophiloidea Keroplatidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 287-291 [287].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂ adult, Australia (as Australie) (probable presence in the Cairns-Atherton Plateau region, North QLD, according to Matile).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Webb, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva and pupa on bracket fungi on rotten tree trunk.

General References

Matile, L. 1990. Recherches sur la systématique et l'évolution des Keroplatidae (Diptera, Mycetophiloidea). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] A 148: 1-682 [313] (QLD locality)

History of changes