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Orfelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Zelmira Meigen, 1900

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

  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.

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