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Orfelia
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Orfelia

Orfelia is a cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Mycetophilidae. As with most other species in the family, these are commonly known as fungus gnats. In Australia, along with flies in the genera Leia, Mycetophila, Mycoma and Phthinia, they are important pollinators of native greenhood orchids which employ the flies in pseudocopulation. Detailed microscopic examination is required to identify species and even genus.

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21 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Foxfire Fly

speciesOrfelia fultoni

Orfelia nemoralis

speciesOrfelia nemoralis

Orfelia fasciata

speciesOrfelia fasciata

Orfelia angustata

speciesOrfelia angustata

Orfelia nigricornis

speciesOrfelia nigricornis

Orfelia discoloria

speciesOrfelia discoloria

Orfelia ochracea

speciesOrfelia ochracea

Orfelia limbata

speciesOrfelia limbata

Orfelia agnita

speciesOrfelia agnita

Orfelia axillariger

speciesOrfelia axillariger

Orfelia calogastra

speciesOrfelia calogastra

Orfelia littoralis

speciesOrfelia littoralis

Orfelia lobata

speciesOrfelia lobata

Orfelia rudebecki

speciesOrfelia rudebecki

Orfelia spangleri

speciesOrfelia spangleri

Orfelia unicolor

speciesOrfelia unicolor

Orfelia atriceps

speciesOrfelia atriceps

Orfelia ebriola

speciesOrfelia ebriola

Orfelia pallida

speciesOrfelia pallida

Orfelia boreoalpina

speciesOrfelia boreoalpina

Orfelia krivosheinae

speciesOrfelia krivosheinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 155140.