I found this fungus gnat in my Orkney garden yesterday. I've keyed it to Keroplatidae. Using Mike Hackston's Keroplatidae key I seemed to get to Orfelia but that's not with any confidence. Is it possible to identify this fly any further beyond Keroplatidae (assuming that bit's correct) from the attached pictures?
Many thanks,
Barrie
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This is Urytalpa dorsalis (=…
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Thanks very much Peter. Grid…
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Thanks very much Peter. Grid Reference is ND467954. Feeding on Cow Parsley.
This is Urytalpa dorsalis (= Orfelia (subgenus Urytalpa) ochracea in the 1980 handbook) which is widespread throughout Britain to the north of Sutherland (Invernaver) but is new to Orkney. Could I please have the grid reference.