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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Gnats, Gall Midges, and March Flies (Bibionomorpha) » Fungus Gnats and Gall Midges (Sciaroidea) » Predatory Fungus Gnats (Keroplatidae) » Orfeliini » Orfelia
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gnat - Orfelia
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

gnat - Orfelia
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
May 15, 2010
Size: ~4mm

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gnat - Orfelia gnat - Orfelia gnat - Orfelia
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 16 May, 2010 - 4:53pm
Last updated 13 December, 2010 - 5:00pm

Moved
Moved from Predatory Fungus Gnats.
… John F. Carr, 4 June, 2010 - 6:51am login or register to post comments

Confusing
According to Manual of Nearctic Diptera this should be Platyura or Orfelia, which are separated thus:

R2+3 ending in R1; base of M weak but distinct. Empodia present, large... Platyura

R2+3 ending in C; base of M absent. Empodia absent... Orfelia

I see R2+3 ending in C and base of M weak but distinct (visible only in one picture). More pictures of the wing or feet might help.
… John F. Carr, 3 June, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies. Platyura?
… John F. Carr, 16 May, 2010 - 7:27pm login or register to post comments

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