Orfelia | |
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Scientific 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] | |
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