''Timia testacea'' is a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus ''
Timia
Timia is a small town and commune in northern Niger, situated at an oasis in the Aïr Mountains, Agadez Region, Arlit Department. Visitors come to the Tuareg people, Tuareg town to see a seasonal waterfall, a former French fort and the nearby rui ...
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Ulidiidae
The Ulidiidae (formerly Otitidae) or picture-winged flies are a large and diverse cosmopolitan family of flies (Diptera), and as in related families, most species are herbivorous or detritivorous. They are often known as picture-winged flies, alo ...
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testacea
Testacea may refer to:
* a former order of rhizopods, which consisted of testate amoeboid organisms.
* a former group of shelled molluscs and other invertebrates, created by Linnaeus and roughly corresponding to the colloquial term '' seashell'' ...
Insects described in 1891
Taxa named by Josef Aloizievitsch Portschinsky
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