New data on morphology and biology of soldier flies Adoxomyia cinerascens (Loew, 1873) and A. heminopla (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Imaginal characters of Palaearctic species of Adoxomyia cinerascens (Loew, 1873) and Oriental species of A. heminopla (Wiedemann, 1819) are improved. The morphology and biology on larva of Adoxomyia cinerascens with additional data on larva of A. heminopla are studied for the first time. Imago are well distinguished by the structure of antennae, pollination of frons and position of spines on scutellum, larvae by the structure of integument and the topography of seta

To the biology of muscid flies of the genus Limnophora Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae)

Morphological description of larva and puparium of Limnophora patellifera (Villineuve, 1911) and additional data for larva and puparium of Limnophora riparia (Fallén, 1824) are given for the first time. Most distinct differences in the species are discovered in the morphology of the pupariu

New data on ecology and morphology of preimaginal stages of Phaonia trimaculata (Bouché, 1834) (Diptera: Muscidae)

Larvae of Phaonia trimaculata were found in rotten wood for the first time. The larvae are predators, feed on coleopteran and dipteran xylobiont larvae. Detailed description of the larva and pupa is given, main diagnostic characters are discusse

The first description of the soldier fly larva of the genus Rosapha Walker, 1859 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Imago (female) of Oriental species Rosapha obscurata de Meijere, 1916 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is redescribed. The morphology and biology of larva of this species are studied and described for the first time. Larvae live under bark of drying trunks. The similarity of imago and larvae of Oriental genus Rosapha Walker, 1859 and Palaearctic genus Maakiana Krivosheina, 1973 (= Takagimyia Nagatomi, 1975) is discussed