Ozerov A.L.1, Krivosheina M.G.2 2025. To the biology of Suillia flavifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera: Heleomyzidae) with a description of the immature stages // Russian Entomol. J. Vol.34. No.1: 130–135 [in English].
1 Zoological Museum, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Bol’shaya Nikitskaya 2, Moscow 125009 Russia.
2 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prospect, 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
Andrey Ozerov: ozerov2455@rambler.ru ORCID https://orcid. org/0000-0003-0889-5024
Marina Krivosheina: dipteramarina@rambler.ru ORCID https://orcid. org/0000-0001-9064-1378
doi: 10.15298/rusentj.34.1.16
ABSTRACT. The biology of Suillia flavifrons (Zetterstedt, 1838) was studied. Larvae were collected in Moscow Region (Russia) in June in stems of sedge Carex vesicaria Linnaeus. The morphology of the three instar larva and puparium was studied and described for the first time for the species.
KEY WORDS: Diptera, Heleomyzidae, Suillia flavifrons, larva, puparium, description, biology, Carex vesicaria, saprophage.