Timia jakowlewi Hendel
Creators: name: Morgulis, E.
name: Freidberg, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ulidiidae
Timia
Timia jakowlewi

description: Timia jakowlewi Hendel
(Figs. 11, 39, 51, 74, 89)
Timia jakowlewi Hendel, 1908: 6
Material examined. TURKMENISTAN: Paratypes: Takhta-Bazar [Tachtabasar], iv.(18)87 (or) 1894, Reitter (1♂, 1♀)(TAUI); Non type material: Same data (1♀); Sary-Yazy [Sary.Yasy.], iii.(18)87 (or) 1894, Reitter (1♂); Kuhitang mts. 1000–2000m, bank of Kugit-Darya, 14.v.1992, Korneyev (1♂)(TAUI).
IRAN: Gilan Prov., 18 Km SE of Zandjan, 11.vi.1965, J.W. Neal (3♂, 3♀) (USNM).
ISRAEL: Upper Galilee: Nahal 'Iyyon Nature Reserve [Tanur], 26.iv.1973, D. Furth (1♀); Jordan Valley: Park HaYarden, 27.iv.1984, A. Freidberg (1♀); Bet Yossef [Bet Yosef], 19.iii.1974, D. Furth (1♂); Adam Bridge [Damia], 30.iii.1973, D. Furth (1♀); Lower Nahal Tirza, Jiftlik [Jiftlik], 11.iv.1981, A. Freidberg (1♂, 2♀); zomet Adam, - 232 m, 32º07.999'N 35º30.361'E, 8.iv.2010, A. Freidberg (35♂, 37♀), E. Morgulis (45♂, 30♀); Argaman, 5km N, 18.iv.1996, A. Freidberg (1♂); Gilgal, 3km SE, 18.iv.1996, A. Freidberg (1♂, 1♀); Judean Desert: Yeriho [Jericho], 30.iii.1973, D. Furth (1♂), 8.iii.1976 A. Freidberg (1♀).
Redescription. Head (Fig. 11; as in Fig. 18): Structure: 1.09–1.17 times as high as long in male and 1.18–1.33 times as high as long in female. Frons posteriorly 1.04–1.16 times as wide as long and at lunule level 1.23–1.36 times as wide as long, smooth. Eye 1.18–1.38 times as high as long. Gena 0.25–0.31 times as high as eye, posteriorly slightly slightly corrugated; postgena shagreened. Fronto-orbital plate at antenna insertion level 0.25– 0.33 times as long as eye. Color and vestiture: occiput mainly black, except median occipital sclerite yellow-orange laterally and brownish medially (brownish area continuous with ocellar triangle), slightly white microtrichose. Vertex orange medially, dark brown to black laterally, slightly white microtrichose. Ocellar triangle black. Frons reddish-brown posteriorly, yellow anteriorly, with medial white microtrichose line. Orbit dark brown to black posteriorly, orange to yellow anteriorly, white microtrichose, punctate at setae and setulae bases. Face mostly shiny yellow to orange except antennal groove black. Ventral facial margin area adjacent to antennal groove brown to black. Parafacial and gena brownish-yellow. Postgena black. First flagellomere black, gray microtrichose. Arista mostly brown, often with whitish areas, with microscopic rays. Palpus brownish black, silvery microtrichose. Setae and setulae: all setae and setulae (except on labellum) black. Medial vertical seta 1.0–1.2 times as long as lateral vertical seta. Ocellar and postocellar setae each 0.35–0.50 times as long as medial vertical seta. Orbital seta 0.5–0.7 times as long as medial vertical seta. 1 genal seta; gena and postgena setulose. Frons setulose, setulae 0.5–0.6 times as long as orbital seta. Palpus with long black setulae; labellum with mixed black and whitish setulae.
Thorax (Fig. 39): Color and vestiture: scutum black, with medial white microtrichose longitudinal stripe (between dorsocentral rows), punctate at setae and setulae bases. Mediotergite and posterior part of anepisternum (posterior to anepisternal phragma) silvery-white microtrichose; remaining parts shiny black. Setae and setulae: all setae and setulae black. 2 supra-alar, 1 acrostichal, 0–3 anepisternal, 1 katepisternal and 2 scutellar setae present. Postpronotal lobe, scutum, scutellum, anepisternum and katepisternum setulose; setulae about 0.4–0.5 times as long as major setae.
Legs: Foreleg mostly black, except distal 0.25–0.50 of tibia yellowish-brown; midleg with femur mostly black, except extreme apex yellow, tibia dorsally black, otherwise yellow and tarsus with 1–3 basal tarsomeres yellow, remaining part black; hindleg mostly black, except tibia often with basodorsal 0.20–0.25 and basal 1–3 tarsomeres yellowish.
Wing (as in Fig. 32): Hyaline, no pattern present; pterostigma mat yellow Venation: Veins yellow. Crossvein R-M usually aligned with apex of vein R1. Ratios: Cell r4+5 0.37–0.42; vein Cu2 1.40–1.42 in male and 1.62–1.93 in female. Calypteres white. Halter base brown, stem and knob yellow.
Abdomen: Tergites 3–5 subshiny black, slightly shagreened and setulose.
Male terminalia: Epandrium (Fig. 51) 1.08–1.10 times as high as wide; cerci triangular, separate; lateral surstylus medially bent and apically pointed. Phallus with long caecum (as in Fig. 63), extending along apical half of phallus and with basal microtrichose bulb. Glans (Fig. 74) elongate and narrow, with apical hook and amorphous sclerotized elongations.
Female terminalia: Cercal unit (Fig. 89) triangular, apically pointed, with well pronounced lateral groove; aculeus 11.25–11.66 times as long as wide. Sensilla: BV aligned with BD. Pair of small campaniform sensilla present basal to BV. Spermathecae globulose (as in Fig. 103) with smooth surface.
Measurements (mm): Body length 3.8–5.7, wing length 3.2–4.2.
Type locality. "Transkaspien" (Turkmenistan).
Distribution. Israel, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran.
Adult activity in Israel: March to April.
Diagnosis. This species differs from its congeners in the following combination of characters: shiny yellow face and black antennal groove, microtrichia pattern of scutum and elongate narrow glans, with apical hook and amorphous sclerotized prolongations.
Comment. Females of T. jakowlewi which were brought alive to the laboratory were seen depositing eggs in fresh cuts on potato (Solanum tuberosum) and Cistanche tubulosa root. The first instars hatched, but did not survive.
description: Published as part of Morgulis, E. & Freidberg, A., 2014, The Ulidiini (Diptera: Tephritoidea: Ulidiidae) of Israel, with a key to the world species of Ulidia and description of five new species, pp. 201-247 in Zootaxa 3780 (2) on pages 216-217, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/228269