Orfelia nemoralis
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Orfelia nemoralis | |
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Orfelia nemoralis in British Entomology | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Keroplatidae |
Genus: | Orfelia |
Species: | O. nemoralis
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Binomial name | |
Orfelia nemoralis |
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.