Villa (fly)

Villa is a genus of flies belonging to the bee-fly family (Bombyliidae). They range in size from 5 to 17 millimetres (0.20 to 0.67 in), and have typically rounded heads. The males of some species have a brilliant mat of silvery patagial scales. About 270 Villa species are found on all continents except Antarctica.[1] They can be distinguished from similar genera (Hemipenthes) by their wing venation.[1]

For other uses, see Villa (disambiguation).

Villa
Female Villa hottentotta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Bombyliidae
Subfamily:
Exoprosopinae
Genus:
Villa

Lioy, 1864
Type species
Anthrax abaddon
Fabricius, 1794
Species

See text.

Villa fulviana. Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Hancock County, Maine, USA

Species
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  • Villa abaddon (Fabricius, 1794)
  • Villa adusta (Loew, 1869)
  • Villa aenea (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa agrippina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
  • Villa albicollaris Cole, 1923
  • Villa ariditata Cole, 1923
  • Villa brunnea Becker 1916
  • Villa cana (Meigen, 1804)
  • Villa chromolepida Cole, 1923
  • Villa cingulata (Meigen, 1804)[2]
  • Villa cingulum (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)
  • Villa claripennis (Kowarz 1867)
  • Villa connexa (Macquart, 1855)
  • Villa consessor (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa deludens Francois 1966
  • Villa distincta Meigen in Waltl 1838
  • Villa efflatouni El-Hawagry & Greathead, 2006[3]
  • Villa fasciculata Becker 1916
  • Villa faustina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
  • Villa flavicincta Cole, 1923
  • Villa flavocostalis Painter, 1926
  • Villa fumicosta Painter, 1962
  • Villa gemella (Coquillett, 1892)
  • Villa gracilis (Macquart, 1840)
  • Villa haesitans Becker 1916
  • Villa halteralis Kowarz 1883
  • Villa handfordi Curran, 1935
  • Villa harveyi (Hine, 1904)
  • Villa hottentotta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Villa hypomelas (Macquart, 1840)
  • Villa ixion (Fabricius 1794)
  • Villa leucostoma (Meigen 1820)
  • Villa livia (Osten Sacken, 1887)
  • Villa manillae Evenhuis, 1993
  • Villa melaneura (Loew 1869)
  • Villa modesta (Meigen, )[2][2]
  • Villa molitor (Loew, 1869)
  • Villa moneta (Osten Sacken, 1887)
  • Villa mucorea (Loew, 1869)
  • Villa nebulo (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa niphobleta (Loew 1869)
  • Villa nitida Cole, 1923
  • Villa occulta (Wiedemann in Meigen 1820)
  • Villa paramuscaria Evenhuis & Hall, 1989
  • Villa peninsularis Cole, 1923
  • Villa praeterissima Francois 1967
  • Villa pretiosa (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa psammina Cole, 1960
  • Villa sabina (Osten Sacken, 1887)
  • Villa salebrosa Painter, 1926
  • Villa scrobiculata (Loew, 1869)
  • Villa senecio (Loew 1869)
  • Villa sexfasciata Wiedemann, 1821
  • Villa semifulvipes Painter, 1962
  • Villa shawii (Johnson, 1908)
  • Villa sini Cole, 1923
  • Villa sonorensis Cole, 1923
  • Villa squamigera (Coquillett, 1892)
  • Villa stenozoides El-Hawagry & Greathead, 2006[3]
  • Villa stenozona (Loew, 1869)
  • Villa supina (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa terrena (Coquillett, 1892)
  • Villa tomentosa Becker 1916
  • Villa vacans (Coquillett, 1887)
  • Villa vanduzeei Cole, 1923
  • Villa vasitias (Cole, 1923)
  • Villa venusta (Meigen, 1820)[2]
  • Villa vestita (Walker, 1849)

References
  1. Hull, F.M. (1973). Bee flies of the world. The genera of the family Bombyliidae. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 687 pp. ISBN 0-87474-131-9.
  2. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  3. El-Hawagry, M. S. & Greathead, D. J. (2006). "Review of the genus Villa Lioy (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with descriptions of two new species" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1113: 21–32. ISSN 1175-5334.


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