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Keroplatinae...Orfelia
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 These were actively flying in and out of a pile of birch logs on heathland yesterday in East Yorkshire, UK. Am I anywhere close with Orfelia nigricornis?
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 Wing length 5.5mm
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 I agree with Orfeliini.

Orfelia should have "branches of M and CuA bare above" and "tibia with about 6 rows of setae much more closely set than others, appearing as conspicuous black lines." If your fly has both characters other genera should be ruled out.
 
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 Thanks, John...Orfelia it is.
 
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