Orfelia nemoralis

Orfelia nemoralis
Orfelia nemoralis in British Entomology
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
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