title: Review of Otites Latreille (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Israel with two new species and notes on biology and behavior.
abstract: The genus Otites Latreille was recorded for the first time from Israel during the study of Ulidiidae in the local fauna in 2009-2012, with three species occurring here: O. grata Loew, O. nox n. sp. and O. vitalyi n. sp. The three species are described and illustrated, and a key for their identification is provided. Laboratory behavioral observations on live O. grata individuals revealed a new mating trophallaxis behavior: a transfer of substance, during copulation, through the genital tracts of the male to the female, which the female expels and consumes after copulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. absinthii@gmail.com
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morgulis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D013045:Species Specificity