First Data on the Biology of the Genus italicTimia/italic Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera, Otitidae, Ulidiinae)

摘要

The life history and morphology of the immature stages of the genus Timia are studied for the first time. The larvae inhabit the roots of dying old plants of black saxaul. Judging by the morphology of the cephalopharyngeal skeleton, the larvae are saprophagous and co-occur with actively decomposing wood coleopteran larvae. The species of Timia are easily differentiated by the structure of the anal plate, as well as by the shape of the furrows on the second and terminal body segments of the puparium. A key to the four Timia species is compiled based on the puparium structure.