- beetles; as well as
members of the
genera Arachnocampa,
Keroplatus and
Orfelia among keroplatid fungus gnats. Four
families of
beetles are bioluminescent...
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Orfelia is a
cosmopolitan genus of
flies in the
family Keroplatidae.
Orfelia affinis (Brunetti, 1912)
Orfelia amurensis Zaitzev, 1994
Orfelia angulata...
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Orfelia fultoni or “dismalites” is a
carnivorous species of fly larvae. It is the only
bioluminescent species of
dipteran fly
found in
North America....
- to lure prey into
their webs.
Genus Orfelia –
sometimes known as "dismalites".
Contains a
single species,
Orfelia fultoni,
found only in
North America...
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captured and devoured. The
colors of
emitted light vary from dull blue (
Orfelia fultoni, Mycetophilidae) to the
familiar greens and the rare reds (Phrixothrix...
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Orfelia nemoralis is a
Palearctic species of 'fungus gnats' in the
family Keroplatidae. The
larvae of
Orfelia are
mycetophagous and live in
decaying wood...
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Dismals Canyon is one of only a few
places where insects called dismalites (
Orfelia fultoni, a
distant relative of Arachnocampa) can be found. The
larval forms...
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Nationality Uruguayan-Argentine Occupation(s) film director,
screenwriter Spouse Maria Orfelia Beceiro Children Ana
Maria de la Merced, Rafael, Daniel...
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adaptations for
repair of DNA damage.
Around a
dozen Keroplatidae species and
Orfelia fultoni are
unique among flies in
displaying bioluminescence. In some species...
- near
Cradle Mountain.
Arachnocampa tropica Baker, 2010 -
north Queensland Orfelia fultoni - a
North American relative that has
similar habits. Morris, Lulu...
