Orfelia

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Orfelia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Keroplatidae
Subfamily: Keroplatinae
Tribe: Orfeliini
Genus: Orfelia
Costa 1857 [1]
Type species
Platyura fasciata
Meigen, 1904
Synonyms [2]

Orfelia is a cosmopolitan genus of flies in the family Keroplatidae.

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References

  1. Costa, A. (1857). "Contribuzione alla fauna ditterologica italiana". Giambattista Vico, Gior. Sci. Napoli. 2: 438–460.
  2. "Orfelia". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. Williston, Samuel Wendell (1896). "On the Diptera of St. Vincent (West Indies)". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1896: 253–446, pls. 8–14. Retrieved 3 June 2018.