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Orfelia nemoralis

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Orfelia nemoralis
Orfelia nemoralis in British Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Genus: Orfelia
Species:
O. nemoralis
Binomial name
Orfelia nemoralis
Meigen, 1818 [1]

Orfelia nemoralis is a Palearctic species of 'fungus gnats' in the family Keroplatidae. The larvae of Orfelia are mycetophagous and live in decaying wood or other organic debris overgrown by fungal plant substrates.

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